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IN THE WELSH TRACT

WITH SKETCHES OF THE
TOWNSHIPS OF HftVERFORD AND RADNOR

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS CONCERNING
THE WELSH BARONY IN THE PROVINCE OF PENN-
SYLVANIA, SETTLED BY THE CYMRIC
QUAKERS IN 1682.

THOMAS ALLEN GLENN

Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Society of Pennsyl-
vania, Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Society,
Sons of the Revolution, Historical Society of Chester County,
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, Etc.

PRINTED FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS.

NORRISTOWN
1896

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Not including Coats of Arms or Signatures. The Pennsylvania views are from photographs made especially for
this work by Mr. Bolfe.]

FAGS

A view near Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion, Pa., Plantation of Rowland

Ellis To face Title

Tyddin y Garreg, Llangelynin, Merionethshire, the property of Lewis Owen,

1678, and the Meeting Place of Friends from 1664 to 1700 16

Earliest Line Stone in Haverford Township ... 38

Ancient Mile Stone, with Penn's Arms, on the old Gulph Road 50

Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), Merionethshire 56

Glanllyn, near Bala, purchased by David Lloyd, 1504 74

Gwern y Brechdwn (alias Brechtwn or Brychdwn), Home of the Lloyds,

Merionethshire 96

The Roberts House, Pencoyd and Bala, Lower Merion, Pa., Oldest Portions

by John Roberts about 1684 102

Fron G6ch, Home of Robert Owen, near Bala, Wales 120

Marriage Certificate of Robert and Rebecca Owen, 1678-9 126

The Owen House, near Wynnewood, Pa 128

Will of Robert Owen, 1697 136

Friends Meeting House erected by John Bevan upon his estate of Treverigg

(sketch by Miss Bell) 160

Bryn Mawr, near DOlgelly, built by Rees Lewis. The Birthplace of Row-
land Ellis, 1650 206

Effigy of Meuric, of Nannau 213

Dolgelly Church, near Bryn Mawr, Merionethshire, Wales 214

Pedigree in Handwriting of Rowland Ellis 220

Harriton (Bryn Mawr), built by Rowland Ellis, afterwards the Residence of

Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress 228

Wynnestay (alias Wynnstay), built by Jonathan Wynne about 1 701 . . . 276

Gateway at Raglan, Wales 306

Residence of Benjamin Brooke, at Gulph Mills . . . 356

The Morgan House, Radnor, Pa 360

The Merion Meeting 365

The Merion Meeting in 1829 368

The Radnor Meeting, Pa ... 370

CONTENTS.

PASS

The Passing of the Cymry I

The Great Welsh Tract or Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1682

to 1700 21

The Merioneth Adventures: Dr. Edward Jones and John ap Thomas and

Company 56

Rees John William, of Merion, otherwise Rees Jones, and his Descendants, 73

Cadwallader Morgan, Minister among P'riends 87

John and William ap Edward, of Merion, sons of Edward ap John, of Cynlas, 89
Descent of Edward Rees (alias Price), ancestor of the Price Family of Merion,

Lowry Lloyd and other settlers, from the Lloyds of Glanllyn and Gwern

y Brecbtwn, Merionethshire, North Wales, G. B 92

Roberts, of Pencoyd, Lower Merion 98

Hugh John Thomas, of Merion Ill

The Owen Family, of Merion, in Pennsylvania, and Allied Lines ... 1 12

The Bevan Family, of Treverigg, Glamorganshire, and Merion, Pennsylvania, 154

Social and Domestic Affairs in Wales and in the Welsh Tract in Pennsylvania, 187

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis 205

Ellis Lewis and His Descendants 235

The Humphreys Family 241

Cadwalader, of Merion, and afterwards of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . 252

Wynnewood and the Wynnes 261

Roberts of Merion and Blockley 280

Roberts 284

Notes on the Walker and Thomas Family, of Radnor 287

The Parry Family, of Radnor 291

John ap Thomas and the Jones Family, of Merion, Descended from Him . 294
The Herbert and Awbrey Families of Wales, and their Descendants in

Merion Township in the Province of Pennsylvania. Rees and Martha

(Awbrey) Thomas 305

Dr. Edward Jones and His Descendants 315

Hugh Roberts of Merion and Chestnut Hill 323

Lloyd, of Dolobran — The Pedigree of the Family and an Account of Some

of the American Descendants 336

The Brooke and Morgan Families 355

The Merion Meeting 364

Robert and Thomas Lloyd, of Bryn Mawr 375

Some Notes on the Warner Family, of Blockley 381

Appendix 384

Index 387

Five Hundred Copies of this Book were printed
for the Subscribers from type by the Herald Press
(Morgan R. Wills), at Norristown, in the County of
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, in the First Month,
Anno 1896.

This Copy is No. ..^

The Memory of

The First Welsh Planters

In the Province of Pennsylvania

lie Befcicateb

This Humble Record of
Their Lives, their Lineage

AND THE

Country which they settled.

PREFACE.

The following work, the scope of which is amply set
forth on the title-page, was undertaken, at the suggestion of
several of my valued friends, in order to preserve in a conveni-
ent shape some part of my collection of historical and genea-
logical material relating to the early Cymric Quaker planters
of the Province of Pennsylvania. The compilation of such
notes, and the necessity of considerable additional research,
not only in this country but also in Wales, has, indeed, occu-
pied much more time than I at first intended to spare from my
other duties for this purpose. It is true that a large amount
of data on the subject was collected by me some years since ;
but bearing in mind the sage advice of a certain excellent old
Roman, to wit, "Nonum prematur in annum," I have, by delay-
ing publication, been able to add to the pages of this book much
that may prove of interest and value. Some questions, how-
ever, long mooted, I regret to say, remain yet undetermined,
despite exhaustive inquiry.

Although the following chapters are not more than a
series of historical and genealogical sketches, yet their arrange-
ment is not without a preconcerted purpose. In the introduc-
tory article I have attempted to illustrate the general charac-
teristics of the race from which the early Welsh settlers of
Pennsylvania sprang, and the causes which led to their re-
moval to that Province. Following this, I have endeavored
to give a clear and concise account of the proposed Barony
and its political history, and also to mark the final abandon-
ment of that plan of government. Here will be found the dates
of settlement of the three original townships, Merion, Radnor
and Haverford, and rolls of the companies of planters that peo-
pled them. In the chapter on the Merioneth Company of
Adventurers, a detailed account of the genesis of Lower Mer-

viii Preface.

ion, formerly old " Merioneth Town," is presented. Following
these articles will be found biographical sketches and genealo-
gies of many of the first settlers. The former show the char-
acter and useful and sober lives of the founders of Lower
Merion, whilst the latter tell us from what ancestry these earn-
est men and women derived their superior qualities.

Scattered through the genealogies will be found valuable
items of township and state history. The pedigrees in-
cluded in this work are drawn from unquestionable sources and
may be relied upon as correct in all the essential points. No
genealogy has been printed in these pages that has not been
proved beyond question by original family documents and pub-
lic records. In all cases the authorities are given for each defi-
nite statement. No responsibility, however, is assumed for errors
which may be discovered in records of descendants of early set-
tlers where such information is stated to have been furnished
by another person or derived from printed books, but such
communications and type matter were carefully transcribed
and verified where possible. It is not practicable, or within
the scope of this book to give at length all of the various de-
scendants down to the present generations, but in every case
enough data has been furnished to enable any descendant to
insert, on a separate page, his or her line, if desired.

The importance of the early Welsh emigration to Penn-
sylvania, and the excellent results following the infusion of
Cymric blood into the veins of late generations of Pennsylva-
nians, cannot well be overestimated. In the municipal govern-
ment of Philadelphia, during the Colonial period and the first
half of the present century, the descendants of the Welsh
Friends bore a distinguished part. A score of the earlier
Mayors were of Cymric lineage, and of these I may name
Edward Roberts and Robert Wharton as the best known. Of
the Judges of the various Courts, and of the most eminent of
the members of the Bar of this city and state, down to the
present day, a very large proportion trace to the settlers of
Merion, Radnor or Haverford.

Preface. ix

It is a curious fact, well worthy of remark, that the entire
medical history of Philadelphia, beginning with Dr. Thomas
Wynne, Dr. Griffith Owen and Dr. Edward Jones, proceeding
with Dr. Lloyd Zachary, Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, Dr. Cad-
walader Evans, Drs. Thomas and Phineas Bond, Dr. John
Jones, Dr. Judah Foulke, and continuing through a long line
to the most celebrated physicians and surgeons of our own
day, is directly traceable, through ancestry or influence, to
Welsh blood. Of the Revolutionary worthies descended from
the Cymric Quakers we have spoken briefly elsewhere. In
letters, in science and in art, some of the descendants of these
early Colonists have acquired especial fame. It is also worthy
of note that very much has been accomplished in the His-
torical Society of Pennsylvania by men of Cymric lineage, and
the Council of that body has seldom been without a represent-
ative of some Merion settler.

It is proper, here, that I should thank all of those persons
who, by their kind assistance, good advice and timely sugges-
tions, have considerably lightened the burden of this undertak-
ing. Of these I must mention first my friend, and for many
years co-laborer in this field, Howard Williams Lloyd, Esq.,
of Germantown. Especial thanks are also due to Allen Evans,
Esq., Haverford, for considerable and kindly interest in the fur-
therance of this work ; to Frederick D. Stone, L. D., and John
W. Jordan, A. M., of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ;
P. S. P. Conner, Esq., Charles E. Cadwalader, M. D., of Phila-
delphia;/ Rowland Evans, Esq., of Haverford; Louis S. Kite,
Esq., Joseph Fornance, Esq., of Norristown, Pa. ; Charles J.
Wister, Esq., of Germantown; and Joseph I. Doran, Esq., Fran-
cis M. Brooke, Esq., and Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, of

Philadelphia.

Thomas Allen Glenn.

Ardmore, Lower Merion, Pa.

January 8th, i8p6.

ERRATA AND ADDENDA.

[Especial care has been exercised to avoid errors, either of a clerical or typo-
graphical nature, and if any are found, other than here noted, they will not, it is
believed, be of a serious nature. No attempt, however, has been made to attain
absolute uniformity in the orthography of the names of Welsh places, because they
differ so remarkably in various documents that such a task would not only be ex-
tremely laborious but prejudicial to a proper understanding of the various references.
" Gwern y Brechdwn," for example, will be found in four different forms taken
from as many authorities, nor do the official ordinance maps of Wales conform, in
this respect, to the practice of the inhabitants or to public archives. The dates
were carefully verified by correcting the proofs from the original records, but it may
be noted that public documents often differ from each other and from family records
and printed books, in this particular.] The following were noted whilst this work
was going through the press :
Page 4, line 12, for "Harliaen " read " Harleian."

" IO, " 5-6, for " thirteenth " read "fourteenth."

" 33> " 33) "Marchnant," so in record, but should be "Mochnant."

" 34, " 20, " Tech/a," so in record, but should be " Telcha or Tylcha."

" 36, " 26, "Dalserey," so in record, but should be "Dolserey."

" 115, under cut, for "Argen" read "Argent."

" 148, line 17, for " Sidney, M. C. Farnum," read "Mary, m. C. Farnum."

" 209, line 22-23, for " revision " read " reversion.''

" 215, " 31, "Trawvynydd" is more correctly written " Trawsvynydd."

" 237> foot note, strike out " Note B,p. 10."

" 240, foot note, strike out " mentioned on page 11"

" 242, " 7, for "IVynnwood" read" Wynnewood."

" 243, " Ednowain ap Bradwen " is referred to indifferently in the Welsh
records as " Ednowain " and " Ednowen." Both spellings are
here given following references, but "Ednowain" is nearer correct

" 245, line 3, for " Callwyn ap Tagno " read "Collwyn ap Tangno."

" 245, " IO, for "Zlwyn" read "Zlyn."

" 245, " 17, for "fourth" read "third."

" 246, " 24, for" Llwyngrill" read " Llwyngwrill," but the former is from
a record.

" 249, Foot Note, "Montgomery Collections " refers to Montgomeryshire Col-
lections of the Pcwysland Club.

" 268, line 34, "Pierreepoint" is more correctly written "Pre-poynt."

" 281, " 10, for " 78Q" read " 1J89."

MERION IN THE WELSH TRACT.

THE PASSING OF THE CYMRY\

" Their Lord they will praise, their speech they shall keep,
Their land they shall lose — except wild Wales."

In Robert Proud's history of Pennsylvania may be found
the following brief note relative to those settlers in the Prov-
ince who were natives of the Principality of Wales :

"Among those early adventurers and settlers, who ar-
rived about this time, were also many from Wales, of those
who are called Ancient Britons, and mostly Quakers — Divers
of those early Welsh settlers were persons of excellent and
worthy character ; and several of good education, family and
estate. They had early purchased of the Proprietary, in Eng-
land, forty thousand acres of land. Those who came at present
took up so much of it in the West Side of the Sculkil River,
as made the three townships of Merion, Haverford and Rad-
nor, and a few years afterwards their number was so much
augmented as to settle the three other townships of New-town,
Goshen and Uwchland. After this they continued still in-
creasing, and became a numerous and flourishing people."

It is of the three townships first named, and their found-
ers, that these pages will principally speak.

In education, industry and practical ability the Welsh
planters had no superiors and few equals among the early
colonists. All their national pride and all their personal in-
terests impelled them to undertake those enterprises from
which their fellow settlers seemed to shrink. This was due

'Regarding the word Cymric, as applied to the Welsh, see infra.

2 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

to their hereditary instincts. No people ever landed upon
Pennsylvania soil so well equipped by birth and fortune to
qope with those perilous emergencies so frequently arising in
a new country as the Cymric Friends.

They were no pauper class subsisting or depending upon
the charity of the Proprietor or any other philanthropist, but
a body of self-reliant and resolute men with ample fortune in
their hands, seeking, amid the primeval forests of Pennsylva-
nia, a home of liberty, where undisturbed by priest or sheriff
they could worship God after their own fashion.

Of these Welsh Quakers it has been remarked, and truly,
that they were not only the first ministers, but the first states-
men, the first lawyers and the first physicians of Pennsylvania.

One of them, Dr. Thomas Wynne, presided over the first
Assembly. The Deputy Governor, Thomas Lloyd, the Regis-
ter General, Thomas Ellis, the third Attorney General and the
first Deputy Surveyors, besides a large proportion of the ear-
lier Justices and members of the Council and Provincial As-
sembly, were men of Welsh blood.

At home these colonists had been persons of considera-
tion and influence in their several counties.

For the most part they had been freeholders or heirs to
comfortable estates.

The existing conditions, therefore, which induced such
men to emigrate to a wild and almost unknown country must
indeed have been extraordinary.

To fully understand what these conditions were, and also
the peculiarities of the people who founded the " Great Welsh
Tract" or " Barony" in the Province of Pennsylvania, whose
descendants havcalways been distinguished, not only in our
own state, but over the entire United States and in England,
on the bench, at the bar, in arms, and in letters, or in the halls
of Assembly, it is necessary that we should examine the char-
acter of the Welsh race, their history, records, and their na-
tional traits.

Of Britain, prior to the landing of Caesar, we know noth-
ing of certainty. The island was inhabited by a number of

The Passing of the Cymry. 3

valiant but half-savage woad-tattooed tribes1, and was occa-
sionally visited by traders from the continent. That period
extending from the Roman invasion, back to the reign of a
certain British Princeling, Brute by name, a period variously
estimated at eleven to thirteen hundred years B. C, is known
in history as " the doubtful age." Even the ancient Welsh
Bards did not attempt, for all those centuries, a further record
than the bare genealogy of their Kings. With the invasion
of Caesar, therefore, in the year 55 B. C, commences the
authentic history of Britain and of the Welsh.

The Romans found the land subdivided amongst tribes,
consisting each of many communities. Each tribe was ruled
by a Prince or so called King, and each hamlet or community
by a Lord or Chief, whilst the whole nation was occasionally
united in times of war, under the doubtful authority of an Over-
King or elected ruler.

The ancient Britons were always, it is claimed, a religious
people. Long before the Roman invasion there existed their
Druid Priests, the exponents of a religious belief which, al-
though not perfect, had as its fundamental principles great
truths analogous to those of the Christian creed. The basis
of this religion of barbarian Britain was a strict adherence to
truth, a spirit of exact justice, and a policy, perhaps we may
say love, of peace. They recognized one Supreme Being only,
whom they worshipped in the open air, under the great spread-
ing oaks of the forest, and they venerated the ever surviving
mistletoe as a symbol of eternal life. Their belief called for a
strict and inflexible morality, and of it a learned writer has re-
marked that " it comprehended all the leading principles that
tend to spread liberty, peace and happiness among mankind,
and was no more inimical to Christianity than the religion of

'In ancient times Europe was inhabited by the Keltic nation, until they
were driven, by the hardier tribes of Teutonic origin, to the extreme west, where
the ranges of rugged hills guarding the Atlantic has protected this race from ex-
tinction. Cym or Cyn, meaning in their language " first, " was the root of their
name of Cymry, the name by which the inhabitants of Wales, claiming descent
from the first tribe of these Kelts, still call themselves. The name " Welsh" is
the Teuton word " Welsch," or the stranger. These Britons who were driven to
the west coast were so called — hence, Wales.

4 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Noah, Job, or Abraham." It is now considered by many his-
torians more than doubtful that the Druids practiced those
human sacrifices of which they are accused by Roman writers,
and for which we have only the unchallenged word of the con-
queror.

At this early period the Britons had their Bards, who
were similar to those of mediaeval days and more modern
Heralds-at-Arms. The duty of these persons was to record
the descent of the Princes and Lords of Britain, and at the
death of a ruler his heir was presented with a copy of his
genealogy from their "authentic books." The earliest of
these " authentic books" now in existence is in the Harliaen col-
lection in the British Museum, and was copied from a volume,
then ancient, in the ninth century of the Christian era. Al-
though, after the conquest, the Britons adopted the faded tinsel
of the Romans, and invented a pedigree for their first ruler,
Brute, to ^Eneas of Troy, yet their proud ancestry, and the
lofty achievements which were attributed in the songs of the
early Bards to the British race, inspired each succeeding genera-
tion with a love of brave exploits, a contempt of danger, and a
lofty patriotism, which could not be crushed out even by four
centuries of the iron heel of Imperial Rome, the Saxon or Dan-
ish axe, or the mace of the steel-clad Norman man-at-arms;
yet back of all their fierce joy of battle was the inherent love
of peace and home. And it was in defence of his liberty and
his hearth that the Briton could fight best.

Caesar approached Britain at a place since called Romney,
near Deal. Although vigorously opposed, the Romans were
able, at a great cost of life, to effect a landing. Having driven
the Britons back into the country, Caesar made a temporary
truce and returned to Gaul.

In the spring of the following year he made a second at-
tempt to conquer the island, taking with him 20,000 men.
He landed at the same place, and after hard fighting against
Caswallon, brother of Lud, king of Britain, was able to ad-
van ce a short distance into the interior. After several terrific
battles, Caesar again arranged a truce upon condition of the

The Passing of the Cymry. 5

payment of a specific tribute, and returned to Rome. It was
not, however, until 43 A. D. that another attempt was made
to reduce Britain. In that year a large army, under the com-
mand of Aulus Plautius, proceeded to the island, and was soon
followed by Claudius, then Emperor of Rome.

The hardy Britons, although outgeneraled, were not easily
subdued. Many years of carnage followed.

One by one the native Princes yielded to Roman arms
and Roman discipline. Sullenly and reluctantly they sur-
rendered their land and their government, to receive the same
back as a fief from their conquerors. But the conquered dis-
tricts were not to be entirely trusted. The great revolt of
Boadicea is believed to have caused the death of over 70,000
Romans, and it was not until the year A. D. 85, under Julius
Agricola, that the entire island, including a part of what is
now known as Wales, was made tributary to Rome.

Under Honorius the Roman legions, including as many
of the native Briton fighting men as they could gather, were
withdrawn to protect Rome against the Goths. No sooner
had this occurred than the Picts, who were wild tribes inhabit-
ing Scotland, poured down upon the defenceless inhabitants.
An appeal to Rome brought troops supplied by Stilicho in
396, and again in 418 the island was for the last time invested
by a Roman army. They remained only long enough to drive
the Picts back beyond the Roman wall, and then departed, to
return no more. With the last of these Roman soldiers went
many of those Romans who had not intermarried with the
Britons or become natives by residence of many successive
generations.

Left to their own resources the British and Roman citi-
zens took into their service, as mercenaries, some bands of Sax-
ons who were renowned as sea rovers, or Vikings. The re-
ward for their services seems to have been lands upon the
east coast.

Here begins a new chapter of Britain's history. The Sax-
ons had not heretofore been friends ; they were now acknowl-
edged enemies. The rich lands of the islanders was a fair prize

6 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

better worth the winning than good wages only for hard blows.
" If," said the Saxons, " we must keep the Picts out of Britain,
it would be well to gain what we can of the land, else we shall
have our trouble for naught." They had easily driven the
northern savages back to their highlands, and the conquest of
a people defeated by such wild hordes seemed likely to be a
brief affair. But the ancient military spirit of the Briton was
not entirely extinct. It is true that the enlistment of their
younger men by the Romans had reduced their strength ; but
now a new generation had grown up, and the Saxons found
their first advances met by a brave resistance. As time went
on the old training to arms revived, and after the first victories
the fighting was more equal. Reinforcements of Angles, Jutes
and Saxons were met by new generations of islanders. Greater
personal strength, long continued exposure to hardships and
superior numbers, however, gave, in the end, the victory to the
invaders.

Step by step, and foot by foot, fighting desperately for
each farm and village, the Briton retreated towards the west
coast. But the conquest was not a brief one, and it was not
until the eighth century that the stubborn Welsh consented
to do homage to Saxon England, nor was that homage then
of a servile kind ; for we learn that the Cymric Princes sat in
the frequent Parliaments which were held by the early English
Kings, particularly those which mark the reign of the great
and good Athelstan.

Little of moment, except wretched intestine broils, now
disturbed the land until the Norman conquest rolled to the
confines of Wales. The Britons had in early times accepted
the Christian religion, to which they devoted themselves with
a singular piety. In their belief, however, they were still
swayed by the old teachings of the Druids and never accepted
in their entireness the doctrines or dogmatic rules insisted
upon by the Roman See.

At the death of Rhodri Mawr, which occurred in the year
Sj6, the Principality had, unhappily, been divided into three
districts, Powys, Gwynedd (or North Wales) and South Wales.

The Passing of the Cymry. 7

The Lords of these Provinces, left without a head, were torn
by petty jealousy and were frequently at strife. Such was
the state of affairs when the Normans set about to conquer
the last bit of British ground yet remaining free and independ-
ent. A chain of mighty fortresses, erected by the Conqueror
served to keep the Welsh beyond the Marches and for a time
in submission. These castles were garrisoned by an unre-
lenting and cruel soldiery. " From his earldom of Chester,"
says an old chronicler, "Hugh the Wolf harried Flintshire
into a desert." " Robert of Belesme slew the Welsh like sheep,
conquered them, enslaved them, and flayed them with nails of
iron."

Under cover of the Lord Marchers, a band of Norman
Free Lances obtained a royal grant to make conquest of
Wales. Several towns were quickly seized and Rhys ap
Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales, fell, fighting against Bernard
Newmarche in Brecknock, at a place, to this day, called
"Fynan Pen Rhys." Some of these adventurers were far-
sighted enough to ally themselves with the native families, and
in time became sympathizers with their adopted countrymen.
Among these are found the names of Awbrey, Puleston,
Gamage and Tuberville. Of the latter robber knight it is told
that when Paine Tuberville encamped before the Castle of
Coity, Morgan, the Lord thereof, came out to the Normans,
leading his fair and only daughter, Sara, by one hand and hav-
ing his sword drawn in the other. " This," said the Welsh Lord,
"is no quarrel of our men, and therefore it is not right that we
should shed their blood therein ; but let your sword and mine,
Tuberville, determine which of us shall have these goodly lands
and the Lordship of Coity. If, however, you are free to wed,
and will marry my daughter, so coming into possession hon-
estly, then there is no further strife between us." Then Tuber-
ville, putting up his sword, took the heiress of Coity by the
hand, " and there was much feasting for many a day within
that country."

For a time it seemed as if the last corner of ancient Britain
had at last been conquered. On every side the Welsh were

8 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

girt about by Normans, and within petty family strife made all
concerted action impossible. At this dark hour there kindled
into flame the smouldering embers of that lofty patriotism for
which the Britons had so long been noted and admired. And
as the glow of patriotic fire spread over hill and valley, out of
each hendre and hamlet a most wonderful flood of song burst
forth from all the Bards in Wales.

The Welsh had always been poetical and musical. " In
every house," says the learned and curious Du Barri, " strangers
who arrived in the morning were entertained until eventide
with the talk of maidens and the music of the harp." Their
poetic fancy took grotesque forms, but nothing can be more
delightful than the descriptive verses of their earlier poets.
" The maiden was clothed in a robe of flame-colored silk, and
about her neck was a collar of ruddy gold in which were
precious emeralds and rubies. Her hair was of brighter gold
than the flower of the broom, her skin was whiter than the
foam of the sea wave, and fairer were her hands and her
fingers than the blossoms of the wood anemone amid the
spray of the meadow fountain. The eye of the trained falcon
was not brighter than hers. Her bosom was more snowy
than the breast of the white swan, her cheek was redder than
the reddest roses ; whoso beheld her was filled with her love.
Four white trefoils sprang up wherever she trod."

But side by side with such singing there rang out the
stern, fierce call to arms. In these wild odes and war songs,
the same that their savage woad-tattooed ancestors had
chanted ages before, "amid the red desolation of forgotten
wars," you can hear still the tinkle of armor, the clang of
shield on shield, the tramp of the gathering tribesmen, and
the mad rush of the Welshman's furious battle line.

Down through the ages that have passed, preserved as if
in some wondrous mirror, you can see the desperate charge
of the white-tuniced Briton, bare-breasted, against the Nor-
man man-at-arms in mailed panoply. You can hear yet the
clash of arms, the shouts of the combatants, and the crunch
of mace and sword on limb and brain-pan. There is in this

The Passing of the Cymry. 9

wild poetry, an awful reek of the joy of battle ; of the love of
slaughter.

" The dread eagle is wont to lay corpses in rows, and to
feast with the leader of wolves, and with hovering ravens
glutted with flesh, butchers with keen scent of carcasses."
" Better the grave," sings a Bard, " than the life of a man who
sighs when the bugles call him forth to the squares of battle."
But amid this mighty tumult of song there rose up the great
Llewellyn, to unite, under a clear head and steady hand, the
shattered fortunes of wild Wales. " The sound of his com-
ing is like the roar of the wave as it rushes to the shore, that
can neither be stayed nor hushed."

Although it was proclaimed that the dead Arthur and
his famous knights would wake from their long sleep and join
Llewellyn in his struggle for liberty, and that the " Saxon
sheep" and " Norman dogs" would be driven into the eastern
seas, there were some who doubted the success of the Cymric
arms. But all were strong believers in the ultimate survival
of the British race.

" Think you," said King Henry to a Welsh chieftain who
came over to the English camp, " that your people of rebels
can withstand my army ?" " My people," replied the chief-
tain, " may be weakened by your might, and even in great
part destroyed, but unless the wrath of God be on the side of
its foe it will not perish utterly. Nor deem I that other race
or other tongue will answer for this corner of the world at the
last day, save the people and tongue of Wales." Llewellyn,
however, was successful. After a severe struggle the English
granted to the Welsh charters of certain concessions, and for
a time peace and comparative liberty was restored.

In the reign of Edward I. the rights of the Cymry were
again encroached upon, and there rose up then another and
mightier Llewellyn, who was to fall beneath the spear of a
foot soldier amid the broom heath of Builth, for the cause of
liberty, and whose brother David's head rotted for many a
year on the grim spiked stones of Temple Bar. But the
policy of Edward and his successors was rather to win Wales

io Merion in the Welsh Tract.

by politics than by arms. Prominent chiefs of that nation
were given important duties, and many invited to join the forces
of the Plantagenet in the French and Scottish wars.

Fresh acts of oppression toward the inhabitants on the
Marches caused another uprising at the close of the thir-
teenth century. Owen Glendower, a Merionethshire Lord who
was descended from the great Llewelyn, and also from Edward
I., placed himself at the head of this revolt. After many weary
years of fighting, after Owen had been acknowledged Prince of
Wales by the French king, and on the eve of treaties with the
English Henry, the last great Welsh patriot and leader passed
away. Contrary to general expectation, little punishment
was inflicted upon those engaged in this rebellion.

England had now learned that the Welsh might be con-
quered by kindness, but not by force. A period of prosperity,
despite the War of the Roses, now continued in Wales until
the accession of the Tudor Henry VII., himself of British
stock, under whose rule the Welsh, who had done so much
on the stricken field of Bosworth, to win the English Crown
for his family, enjoyed special privileges.

During the reign of Henry VIII., an event occurred
which had much to do with the subsequent emigration of the
Welsh Quakers to Pennsylvania. This was the destruction
of the monasteries. It is generally supposed that the Welsh
church, as established in early times, and differing somewhat
in form and belief from that of Rome, was left intact at the
Reformation. This, however, is an error. Of all those rich
and magnificent convents and abbeys which had been founded
and endowed with broad lands and fat livings by the earlier
Welsh Princes, there was not left one stone upon another. It
is even believed that the church buildings themselves were in
some cases partially destroyed, and it is certain that the lands
were sold to the Welsh gentry for what they would bring.
Such, indeed, was the fate of the Abbey of Marcella, near Bala,
in Merionethshire, which were disposed of to the ancestors of
the present Price family of Rhiwlas, who moved thither from

The Passing of the Cymry. 1 1

Denbighshire1, bringing with them many other families, kins-
men or tenants, for their new estates. Under the old rule of
monastery and church land, the revenues derived from the
church properties were almost sufficient for their support with-
out the necessity of large direct taxes upon the parishioners.
The new churchmen who occupied the livings were, however,
wholly dependent for their livelihood upon the collection of
tithes, which were in many cases exorbitant. Nor were these
High Churchmen at all times satisfied with the exact sums due
them, but often insisted upon the payment of excessive and dis-
honest rates. During the Civil War a large number of the Welsh
on this account joined Cromwell's army, and of these were many
of the ancestors of the Cymric Quakers of Pennsylvania ; upon
the restoration of Charles II. those who had been prominent in
the war, and subsequently joined Friends, were the great-
est sufferers under the rule of the Cavalier and High Church
parties. The introduction of the Quaker faith into Wales was
due principally to a curious incident.

In the time of Cromwell many of the Welsh parishes were
supplied with Non-Conformist ministers. This was true of the
large Parish of Wrexham, in Denbighshire, where one Morgan
Floyd (or Lloyd) was appointed " priest.2" In the year 1653
this minister, having heard much of the teachings of Friends
throughout England, sent two of his congregation to the north
" to trie the Quakers" and make a report of their belief and
doings.

George Fox, in his journal, best informs us how this mis-
sion resulted : " When these triers came down among us the
power of the Lord overcame them, and they were both of them
convinced of the truth. So they stayed some time with us
and then returned into Wales, where afterwards one of them

'There was quite a large exodus from Denbighshire to the immediate neigh-
borhood of Bala after the fall of the monasteries and sale of church lands in that
vicinity. Among those who settled in Penllyn at that time were the families of
Owen, of Fron Goch, and the ancestors of John Cadwalader, of Philadelphia.

2" Priest" was the general name applied by Friends to clergymen who con-
ducted religious services for pay, contrary to the express command of Christ to his
Disciples. It was also the usual title of any regularly ordained minister.

12 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

departed from his convincement, but the other, whose name
was John ap John, abode in the truth, and received a gift in
the ministry to which he continued faithful."

Of these two members of Morgan Floyd's congregation,
the one who received " a gift of the ministry" is closely con-
nected with the early history of this Commonwealth. Of him
a late member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has
said1 :
" ^ § ^t / was the direct agent,under

JrforlAK. ny^ftr^C^' Providence> in bringing
/\J uJrll 1^* about the changes which

^~ ^ resulted in the settlement

so largely by Welsh emigrants of the Township of Merion and
the vicinity of Philadelphia. But of this man, the apostle of
Quakerism in Wales, there has been a degree of ignorance
which is surprising. So far as I could discover, when I began
this investigation there had been nothing known of him in
Pennsylvania other than what is noted in the journal of George
Fox and of Richard Davies, of Cloddeau cochion. All knowl-
edge of his later years seemed to be lost, and at a time when
" testimonies" and memorials of deceased Friends were so gen-
eral no such record of this man appears. Did he fall away
from his faith in his later years, as his companion had so early
done, or did he join the followers of Fox who came to the
New World ? If so, how is it that we have no record of his
home, and how is it that no man knows his sepulchre ?

" Impressed by this strange and anomalous ignorance, I
devoted a considerable part of last summer to an investiga-
tion of the subject, which happily led to results of a gratifying
character. I visited Plas Ifa, the home of John ap John, who,
I learned, like Morgan Lloyd, belonged to a good Welsh
family, a yeoman living on his ancestral estate. Plas Ifa is
near the vale of Llangollen, not far from Ruabon, into which
parish it is quite probable that the estate extended. Though
a yeoman, he was evidently an evangelical preacher. George
Fox says of him in his journal, that John ap John had once

'Address of J. J. Levick, M. D., before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

The Passing of the Cymry. 1 3

been a preacher in Beaumaris. It is probable he was one of
the lay preachers selected by Morgan Lloyd and his associ-
ates, to the former of whom he had been known from his
childhood.

" The old house, Plas Ifa, is nearly gone and a new one
has been built on the original site. The place has evidently
been the home of a well-to-do country gentleman. In the
garden were bits of carved timber taken from the old house,
and in one room of the house one of the rafters showed more
of this carved work, which my friend Palmer said was not of
later date than the fifteenth century. The view from Plas Ifa
in John ap John's time must have been beautiful ; it certainly
is so now. Before it is the beautiful vale of Llangollen, the
Berwyn mountains on one side, near by the dancing waters of
the Dee, while between these are highly-cultivated fields of
grass and grain with well-trimmed hedges intervening, mak-
ing the whole look like one vast highly-cultivated garden.
There was everything to tempt to rest and ease here ; but as
Fox has said of John ap John, the power of the Lord was
Upon him, and he had received a gift in the ministry, to which
he remained faithful. And so from this peaceful home he
went forth on his apostolic mission. First he went to his own
personal friends and neighbors, the men of Wrexham, Rua-
bon, Corwen, Llangollen, Bala, and Dolgelly. They knew
the integrity of the man, and the Power which had melted his
heart, under his preaching, melted theirs. In the year 1657,
Fox passed into Wales, beginning at Cardiff aud Swansea,
and going so far north as Beaumaris. In this journey he had
as his companion John ap John, a companion in every way
helpful to him, helpful as speaking the Welsh language, to
which, as they do now, so then, the Welsh people loyally ad-
hered, helpful as a fearless servant of the same Divine Master."

We may well stop here and inquire what manner of
men these were who listened to, and accepted, the teachings
of George Fox, and of their countryman, John ap John.

They were without any exception, the descendants of the
ancient Britons whose history we have attempted to sketch.

14 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

They were the male representatives of those who had for
centuries fought for liberty and independence ; of those who
later as soldiers, in the pay of England, had won their spurs
at Agincourt and Poitiers ; and the men, or the sons of men,
who had fought bravely under Cromwell in the Civil War.
Only here and there was there a strain of English blood ; but
where such a strain existed, it was from a stock that had
made England mistress of land and sea. Such a transforma-
tion from fighting stock to peaceful Quaker is unique in
history.

" To the superficial observer," says an authority,1 " it
would seem impossible that, even after the long lapse of cen-
turies, the descendants of these warlike men should accept
and become identified with the peaceful doctrines and man-
ners of the Quakers ; and yet to the earnest student of human
nature, the transition seems not only possible but eminently
proper and natural. To a simple-hearted people there was
much in the simplicity of Quakerism to commend it, while
the direct dependence of the individual upon God and his in-
dependence of man accorded with what had been the senti-
ment of their race for generations. But when to this, and far
more than all this, was added the conviction that to them the
call of their God was in this field of service, they did not hesi-
tate because of the sacrifices it required, or the danger to
which it exposed them. They were of the blood of heroes to
which the blood of martyrs is closely akin, and they brought
to bear in this warfare the earnestness of purpose, the devotion
to duty, and the fearless courage which had characterized
their forefathers on other fields." Under the Protectorate, the
Quakers had to submit to the scorn and persecution of the
Puritans ; but their crudest sufferings were to come after the
Restoration of the Stuarts.

In Besse's " Sufferings of Friends," and in many other
works and unprinted memorials, may be found full and touch-
ing accounts of the frightful persecution of the Welsh Quakers.
These persecutions were more cruel because the participants

"J. J, Levick, M. D.

The Passing of the Cymry. 1 5

were of a class well born and tenderly nurtured. Special acts
were passed to prevent the spread of Quakerism, and they
were forbidden to meet together, and compelled to take the
oath of allegiance and supremacy, which on account of their
belief they particularly scrupled to do, although they were
quite willing to solemnly affirm their loyalty to the King and
their abjuration of Popery.

All persons not attending their parish church were heavily
fined, as were those who attempted to preach the Quaker
faith. They were frequently dragged before Justices, often
their kinsmen who had been Royalists during the late war,
and who had now an opportunity to reap a petty revenge. It
was of an occasion like this that old John Humphrey speaks :
"The Court was astonished and mad with fury because they
could not make them bow to their wills when so many had
obeyed their commands and bowed to the Image they had set
up and taken Oath upon their knees. Their anger was kindled
against these faithful sufferers, and they Commanded them to
be Chain'd in Irons, which was immediately done by the
goaler in Presence of the Court, linking them two and two,
and binding their hands on their backs, thus conveyed them
from thence to the goaler's House, where they remained all
night in that Posture." They were then driven many miles
along muddy roads, and beaten with the flats of swords, and
imprisoned for a long time.

At another place several persons were condemned to death
as traitors, because they refused to take the oath — the men
ordered to be drawn and quartered and the woman burnt, a
sentence which fortunately was never carried out.1

Owen Humphrey and some friends, accused of non-
attendance at their parish church, were shut up in a filthy
hog-pen for days, and their servants not suffered to come near
them or give them proper food or clothing. Some were con-

'This was under an obsolete act of Parliament, which, owing to the exertions
of Hugh Roberts, Cadwalader Thomas, Robert Owen, Thomas Lloyd and others,
was repealed.

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fined for years in Bala or Dolgelly jail, within sight of their
homes, and others so heavily fined as to almost ruin them.

To show how cruel was the temper of the times, and how
the officials had to be bribed to prevent the imprisonment or
execution of innocent persons, the following letter is given :

Dolgelley, ye 25th of the 4mo. 1681.
My dear Friend John ap Thomas :

These in haste may let thee understand that the persons
undernamed are outlawed and the Deputy Sheriff hath writts
against them. Many of them are dead, those that are alive
wish them to look to themselves untill such times as friends
shall come together to confer in their behalfe, that soe friends
in their liberty may order some considerable gratuity to the
Deputy Sheriffe for his Kindnesse. Beside those undernamed
Elizabeth Williams is particularly to look to herself. There
is a writt out of the Exchequer against her as the Deputy
Sheriffe informs me. Ye names are as followeth, vizt. : —

William Prees. de Llandervol, Litter Thomas, de eadem
(or of ye same), John Davies, de ead', Lodovicus ap Robt. de
ead', Thomas ap Edward, de Llanvawr, Thomas Williams, de
ead', Elizabeth Thomas, de ead' widdow, Rob' John Evan,
de ead', Griffith John, de Gwerevol and Elizabeth his wife,
Hugh Griffith of the same & Mary his wife, Maurice Hum-
phrey Morgan of the same.

This is att present from thy dear friend and desires to
Excuse my brevity. Lewis Owen.

All of the above were afterwards linked in some way with
the settlement of Pennsylvania ; and on the earlier writs we
read other names equally familiar to us.

Here is one of the writs suppressed by John ap Thomas
during the time that he held the position of High Constable :

Merioneth, ss.

To Lewis Morris Keeper of his Majts goale for y' sd County
& to Richard Price & Joseph Hughes.

Whereas I have apprehended Cadwalader ap Thomas ap
Hugh, Robert Owen, Hugh ap Robert, John David, John Rob-
ert David & Jonett John, spinster.

By virtue of his Ma'ties writt issued out of the last great
sessions & unto me directed & delivered (I) therefore do will

The Passing of the Cymry. 17

and require you to receive into your custody the bodyes of the
said Caddw'r apTho ap Hugh, Robert Owen, Hugh Roberts,
John David, Jon Robert David & Jonett John and them safely
to convey to the common geole of the sd County and them in
safe manner to be kept in ye sd geole whom I doe hereby com-
mit, there to remain for the next great sessions to be held for
ye sd county on Monday of ye sd sessions then and there to
answer such matters ... as shall be objected agt them
on his Ma'ties behalfe this omitt you not at yr perill given
under my hand & seale of office the fourth day of May Anno
R. R. Caroli . . . Angliae & vicessimo sexto Annoq do
1674. Owen Wynne, Esq., Sheriff.

Another old paper of 1675 gives the names of twenty-eight
persons of Penllyn, Merionethshire, who were fined for attend-
ing a meeting :z

"The names of those that unlawfully met together att Llwyn y Braner, within
ye Parish of Llanvawr, upon ye 16th day of May, Being Sunday, 1675, Oathes be-
ing made they were present formerly in unlawful Meetings within Three months.
First conviction on the Oathes of Owen Dd. and Thomas Jones, Second conviction,
and warrant for the double fine, on the Oath of Robert Evans.

10. S John David, Jon. and his wife of Cilltalgarth.

10. S Hugh Robert, and his wife of the same.

10. S Cadr. Thomas, of the same.

IO. S Robert David, of the same.

lb. S Robert Owen, of vron goch.

IO. S Ellen Owen.

IO. S John Thomas ap Hugh, of llaythgwm.

IO. S John ap Edward, of nanlleidiog.

IO. S Evan ap Edward, of Cynlas.

10. S Peter Owen, of betts y Coed.

10. S Robert John, of penmaen.

10. S Margaret John, of the same.

10. S Hugh John Thomas, of nanlleidiog.

Sonne and daughter.

10. S Litter Thomas, of Uaethgwm.

10. S Jane Moris, of penmaen.

10. S Edward Griffith, of Uaethgwm.

10. S Edward Reese, of llantgervel.

10. S John James, of llanddervel.

10. S Wm. Morgan, of llanecill.

10. S Owen David, of Cilltalgarth.

10. S John Williams, of the same.

10. S Annes verch David, wid. of Penmaen.

At the bottom of the foregoing document is the following in the handwriting
of John ap Thomas :

" Evan Owen ye son of a widdow, called Gainor, whose late husband was
Owen ap Evan of Vron Goch, was convicted by Oath to be present at a meeting,
though but 9 or 10 years old."

w. T.— 3.

1 8 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Merioneth, ss.

To the high and pettie Constables of the Sayd County and
to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poore of
each parish within the sd County.

Whereas by late Act of parlam* made the two & twen-
tieth Yeare of the reigne of our said august Lord the King
that now is (was) Instituted An Act to prevent and suppress
seditious Conventicles, it is among other things enacted that if
any person of the age of sixteen years or upwards, being a
subject of this Realme, at any time after the tenth day of May
next shall be present at any assembly, conventicle, or meeting
under colour or pretence of any exercise of Religion in any
other manner than according to the Litargie and practice of
the Church of England, in any place within the Kingdom of
England, dominion of Wales or towne of Berwick on Tweede,
at which Conventicle meeting or Assembly there shall be five
persons or more assembled over and beside those of the same
household. And whereas wee the justices of the peace sub-
scribed have been informed by the corporall oathes of Owen
david and Thomas Johnes, of Penmaen, in the Parish of Llan-
fawr, and by notorious evidence and circumstance of the fact
that on the sixteenth day of May instant the persons in the
schedule annexed — being twenty-eight, assembled together in
a house called by the name of Llwyn y branar in the township
of pen maen within the parish of llanfawr in the sd countie
under colour or pretence of Religion not according to the lit-
argie and practise of y9 Church of England, — contrarie to the
sd Act. These therefore in his Ma'ties name (we) chardge
and command you all & eyther of you y' immediately upon
sight hereof you levie by way of distresse and sale of goods
and Chattels the sum appearing at each person's name men-
tioned in the schedule annexed, and the sum soe levied to pay
in open court at the next generall Sessions of the year to be
holden for the countie of Merioneth that we may distribute and
pay the same as by Act of parlament we are ordered and re-
quired to doe ; and of your proceeding therein you are to give
an account to his Ma'ties justices of the peace att their next
generall sessions of the yeare to be holden in this County, and
there this our warrant dated at llanfawr under our hands and
seales this twentieth day of May Anno Regni Caroli di Anglae
vicessimo sextimo Annoq dom 1675.

Humphrey Hughes.
John Wynne.

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What, it has been asked, was the faith which took so deep
a root in the hearts of these Welshmen that they were willing
to suffer such great privation and imprisonments, to be branded
as outlaws, to be driven with swords miles along terrible roads,
to be shunned by kinsmen and neighbors, and finally to leave
for ever the beautiful hills and valleys of Wales to seek a home
in the wilderness among savages and wild beasts, that they
might practice it unrestrained. George Fox, himself, has left
us upon record1 a short and clear account of this primitive and
simple faith, and we shall give it in his own words :

" Whereas many scandalous Lies and Slanders have been
cast upon us to render us odious, as that we do deny God and
Christ Jesus and the scriptures of Truth, this is to inform
you that all our Books and Declarations which for these
many years have been published to the world do clearly tes-
tify the contrary. Yet notwithstanding for your satisfaction
we do now plainly and sincerely declare That we do Own and
Believe in God, the only Wise, Omnipotent and Everlasting
God, who is Creator of all things, both in Heaven and on
Earth and the Preserver of all that He hath made ; who is
God over all blessed forevermore ! And we do Own and Be-
lieve in Jesus Christ his beloved and only begotten Son, in
whom he was well pleased ; who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary, in whom we have Re-
demption through his Blood, even the forgiveness of Sins ;
who is the Express Image of the invisible God, the First-born
of every Creature by whom were all things created that are in
Heaven and that are in Earth visible and invisible whether
they be Thrones or Dominions or Principalities or Powers.
All things were created by Him. And we do Own and Be-
lieve that he was made a sacrifice for sin who knew no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth. And that he was cru-
cified for us in the Flesh without the Gates of Jerusalem and
that He was buried and Rose again the third day by the
power of his Father for our justification. And we do Believe

"Journal of George Fox.

20 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

that he ascended up into Heaven and now sitteth at the right
hand of God. This Jesus who was the Foundation of the Holy
Prophets and Apostles is our Foundation and we do believe
that there is no other Foundation to be laid, but that which is
laid, even Christ Jesus who we believe tasted Death for every
Man and shed his Blood for all Men and who is the propitia-
tion for our Sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of
the whole world. According as John the Baptist testified of
him when he said Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away
the sins of the world : John 1 : 29. We believe that He alone is
our Redeemer and Saviour even the Captain of our Salvation."
By the year 168 1 the persecution against Non -Conformists
had scarcely abated, nor had there been any marked cessation
of it during all those years, despite the short reign of the De-
claration of Indulgence, and the repeal of the more severe acts
relating to the oath of allegiance. It was, therefore, with great
thankfulness, and hearts yearning for peace and rest, that the
Cymric Quakers heard that William Penn had secured in the
New World an asylum for the persecuted, and thence, after a
short space of preparation, they journeyed, to found there for
their children, and children's children, the great Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania; bringing with them to their new
home their religion, their language, and their honor. Here,
truly, in their Townships of Merion, Haverford, and Radnor,
" they continued, still increasing, and became a numerous and
flourishing people."

THE GREAT WELSH TRACT OR BARONY IN THE
PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1682 to 1700.

" Within which all causes, quarrels, crimes, and disputes might be tryed and
wholly determined by officers, magistrates and juries of our language;"

The early Welsh Quakers were orderly and cautious in
their dealings. Although the promises held out by William
Penn were liberal, and although Friends throughout the
Principality, as well as in England, reposed great confidence
in the Proprietor, and had every faith in his project, yet they
deemed it only prudent, before removing to the Province, to
have a definite understanding with him, and to obtain, if possi-
ble, an agreement that the plantations which they proposed to
purchase should be laid out adjacent to each other, so as to
constitute a separate settlement or Barony, wherein they
might perpetually enjoy that liberty of worship which they
were seeking, and be governed by persons elected by them-
selves, of their own religion, language1, and blood.

The conference with the Proprietor for this purpose ap-
pears to have been held in London in the latter part of the
year 168 1, and was conducted on behalf of the Welsh Nation
by Dr. Griffith Owen, Dr. Edward Jones, Dr. Thomas Wynne,
John ap Thomas, Charles Lloyd, John ap John, Richard
Davies, Edward Prichard, and others. The names of some of
these persons are attached as attesting witnesses to the Charter
of Charles II., showing that they were close companions of the
Founder.

William Penn had long professed a kindliness towards
the Cymric Friends, and appears to have anticipated, or at

■It must not be supposed, however, that the Cymric Friends spoke only in
the Welsh tongue. Several conversed and wrote fluently in English and Latin.
They, however, desired, with pardonable pride, to preserve the ancient British
Language, which marked them as a peculiar and historic people.

22 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

least hoped for, a considerable and important emigration from
the Principality.

In illustration of this it may be observed that the
Founder, in a letter to one Robert Turner, written in 1681,
says : " This day my Country was confirmed to me under the
Great Seal of England, with large powers and privileges, by
the name of Pennsylvania ; a name the King would give it in
honor of my father. I chose New Wales, being as this, a
pretty hilly country, but Penn being Welsh for a head, as
Pen Manmoire in Wales, and Penrith in Cumberland, and Penn
in Buckinghamshire, the highest land in England, they called
this Pennsylvania, which is the high or head woodlands ; for
I proposed, when the Secretary, a Welshman, refused to have
it called New Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it ;
and though I much opposed it, and went to the King to have
it struck out and altered, he said, 'twas past, and would
take it upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the Under
Secretary to vary the name."

It has indeed been claimed that the Proprietor himself
was of Cymric origin, and as the story has lately been revived,
and especially as it originated in Merion, it may not be out of
place to repeat it here as it was told by Jonathan Jones to
the old annalist Watson.

It seems that one Hugh David, who emigrated from
Wales in the early years of the Province, happening to be on
the same ship with the Governor in the year 1700, they being
both conversing on the deck, Penn, observing a goat gnawing
a broom which was lying near by, called out : " Hugh, dost
thou observe the goat ? See what hardy fellows the Welsh
are, how they can feed on a broom ; however, Hugh, I am a
Welshman myself, and will relate by how strange a circum-
stance our family lost their name : My (great ?) grandfather
was named John Tudor, and lived upon the top of a hill or
mountain in Wales ; he was generally called John Penmun-
nith, which in English is John on top of the hill ; he removed
from Wales into Ireland, where he acquired considerable
property. Upon his return into his own country he was ad-

The Great Welsh Tract. 23

dressed by his old friends and neighbors, not in their former
way, but by the name of Mr. Penn. He afterwards removed
to London, where he continued to reside, under the name of
John Penn ; which has since been the family name."

Honest Hugh David, who afterwards lived near Gwyn-
edd, prepared some verses embodying the above story, it being
his intention to present them to Thomas Penn upon his arrival
in 1732, but was deterred from so doing by the chilling recep-
tion extended to him by the Governor, for after being properly
introduced he was addressed by the great man in just three
sentences, which were : " How dost do ?" " Farewell," " The
other door."

Of course Hugh hastened out to Merion to tell his kins-
man Jonathan Jones all about it and you may be sure that
few Welshmen troubled this pompous son of Penn afterward.
The lines, it is true, were rather crude, and hardly a fair ex-
ample of Welsh poetry. The third verse ran thus :

" From Anglesie, an Isle in rich Array,
There did a Prince the English Sceptre Sway ;
Out of that Stem, I do believe no less,
There sprung a Branch to rule this Wilderness."

This much at least of the old tale, which for a long time
was discredited, is true. Hugh David was on the ship " Can-
terbury" with the Governor, and that he was intimately
acquainted with Penn, and was probably employed by him in
some clerical capacity, is evident from several circumstances,
and especially from the fact that it is a matter of record that
whilst on shipboard Penn promised him fifty acres of land
under an old concession then obsolete1.

It also appears from recent researches that Penn's ances-
tors came from the Marches of Wales, and that they had proba-
bly not always borne the name of Penn. That the arms of the
family are the same as those used by the older English Penns
proves simply nothing at all, because they were first displayed
by the Admiral after he had become rich, and there is nothing

'See minutes Board of Property, Pennsylvania Archives, wherein may be
found the petition of this Hugh David to the above effect.

24 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

at present to prove that they were ever formerly used by the
family. But be these circumstances as they may, it is certainly
true that the Proprietor was ready to offer extraordinary in-
ducements to Welsh settlers, and that he had a large and inti-
mate acquaintance among them, and seems to have agreed
entirely with the views of those leaders who had been selected
to arrange with him the details concerning the establishment
of a Cymric Barony in Pennsylvania.

The fatal mistake made by the Welsh upon this occasion
was that there seems to have been nothing at all reduced to
writing, and that they allowed themselves to be persuaded by
the Founder that the powers given to him in his Charter, and
the general Articles of Concession to all colonists, which
papers were signed by the Welsh Patentees, would be suffi-
cient, with his personal promise, to protect them, and enable
them to carry out the plan they had in view.

There can certainly be no reasonable doubt that by his
Charter Penn and his successors were empowered to erect
Baronies. It is equally clear that under the English laws
there would appertain thereto the ancient rights of Court Ba-
ron, Frank Pledge, and other Feudal privileges and customs.

In England, in early times, the system of Baronial govern-
ment was opposed to individual freedom and equal justice.
Those in the Barony were subject, without any appeal, or per-
sonal rights bound to be respected, to the Lord thereof. At
the great Manor House was held the Court Baron, and here
the Lord or his Steward received homage, recovered fines, held
the view of Frank Pledge, or levied the tithes. If the Lord
held criminal jurisdiction, executions might be ordered with-
out any appeal being permitted or indeed possible. And such
executions were entirely within the law of the realm. The ten-
ants in the Barony held by service and were bound to gather
the crops of their Lord, to haul his wood, and to till his land.
In addition to this military service was a possibility ever pres-
ent. No man there, then, was a freeholder. By degrees, how-
ever, all this was changed. The exact tithes to be paid, the
fines, the reliefs and the services that a Lord could claim, came

The Great Welsh Tract. 25

to be defined by law. The possession of land, on payment of
certain rents or taxes, came to be a right that might be bought
and sold, and the Foreman of the manor, or Reeve of the
Barony, was an officer elected by the tenants or land holders,
and was their representative, the Lord's Bailiff acting only as his
master's agent in collecting the rents and taxes due, and such
Bailiffs acted only under the direct supervision of the Reeve.
In time it came that the petty officers were also chosen by the
people, each freeholder having his vote. In early times the
Lord's tenants were not amenable, except for treason, whilst
within the Barony, to any other authority than their Feudal
Lord, provided he held criminal jurisdiction ; but later this
was so much changed that not only might they be reached by
process of common law, but they held the right to have a
voice in the general government of the country and vote for
representatives in Parliament. But these privileges did not de-
tract from their right to decide their own petty disputes among
themselves, to fix their own local ordinances, and to levy their
own taxes for the purposes for which they were intended to be
imposed. It was a modification of the Old English Barony
that the Welsh proposed to establish in Pennsylvania. Proba-
bly their scheme of government may have been more like a
large Borough than a Feudal Barony, but the latter was of
course the only form which they could legally select, on ac-
count of the area covered and the probable small and scattered
population.

The plan proposed, and which was subsequently at-
tempted to be carried out in part, was to elect a certain num-
ber of Justices or Chief Men, the Chief Justice or Foreman to
act as Reeve of the Barony. These Justices were to deter-
mine all minor disputes coming under the head of civil suits.
Sitting as a Court in banc they could inflict penalties in
criminal cases. They might also levy, upon approval by vote,
such taxes as were required for the support of the Baronial
government, and have a general supervision over that terri-
tory, which included the Townships of Radnor, Haverford
and Merion.

w. t. — 4.

26 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The Barony being constitutionally a part of the Province,
the inhabitants held it their right to be represented in the Pro-
vincial Assembly, and they considered that the entire vote of
the Barony should be placed in one county, viz. : Philadelphia,
in which the Tract lay. At first they seem to have imagined
that the Barony should be permitted to elect its own Delegates
to the Assembly ; but this having quickly been found imprac-
ticable, they were content to cast their votes as above de-
scribed, and for a time at least to rest satisfied with exercis-
ing only those rights which seemed to them clearly indis-
putable. They insisted, however, upon refusing to serve upon
juries in Philadelphia or elsewhere, or to bear any part of the
taxes of the county in which they were included. Such were
the plans submitted by the Welsh to the Proprietor, and ap-
proved by him.

William Penn, no doubt, was entirely honest in his inten^
tions ; but he was naturally sanguine, and moreover was desir-
ous of the ultimate success of his colony. This is not surpris-
ing. He had at stake not only a large amount of money, but
also his personal reputation. Failure meant ruin. These rea-
sons led him to make many promises, given in good faith it is
true, but which circumstances entirely beyond his control sub-
sequently prevented him from fulfilling.

There can be no question of his purpose to keep his
word with the Welsh. His warrant, given in 1684, to Thomas
Holmes, the Surveyor General, clear and concise as it is, can
not be mistaken. In it he says :

" Whereas divers considerable persons among ye Welsh
Friends have requested me y* all ye Lands Purchased of me
by those of North Wales and South Wales, together with ye
adjacent counties to ym, as Herefordshire, Shropshire and
Cheshire, about fourty thousand acres, may be layd out con-
tiguously as one Barony, alledging y* ye number allready come
and suddenly to come, are such as will be capable of planting
ye same much wth in ye proportion allowed by y" custom of
ye eountry, & so not lye in large useless vacancies. And be-
cause I am inclined and determined to agree and favour ym
wth any reasonable Conveniency and priviledge : I do hereby
charge thee and strictly require thee to lay out ye sd tract of

The Great Welsh Tract. 27

Land in as uniform a manner as conveniently may be, upon ye
west side of Skoolkill river, running three miles upon ye same,
& two miles backward, & then extend ye parallel wth ye river
six miles and to run westwardly so far as this ye sd quantity
of land be Compleately surveyed unto yon. — Given at Penns-
bury, ye 13th 1st mo. 1684."

Holmes thereupon issued an order to one of his Deputy
Surveyors, David Powell1 (a Welshman), dated 2d month 4th,
1684, directing him " to survey and sett out unto the said pur-
chasers the said quantity of land, there, in manner as before
expressed, and in method of townshipps lately appointed by
the Governor att five thousand acres for a townshipp," which
directions were only partially carried out.

The warrant of the Proprietor was issued on account of
complaints from the Welsh Friends already arrived, that they
were compelled to have the tracts which they had purchased
in Wales, divided, part being surveyed to them near Philadel-
phia, and part in what they afterwards called Goshen, and
some of it in the lower counties of New Castle, Kent and Sus-
sex, now Delaware, and that already lands were being sur-
veyed to the English within the bounds of their proposed
Barony. In order to understand fully this state of affairs it is
necessary to explain the plan pursued by the Welsh in obtain-

*The following is a copy of an original paper endorsed " D. Powels Acct of
ye Welch Purchasers in Genl," but unfortunately lacks any date.

"An account of the purchasers concerned in the Welsh Tract granted by the
Generall wart by wich the said tract was Laid out and such Lands as hath bin
Laid out by warts Dulie Executed within the same and ist of ye ould England
Parishes.

"Charles Lloyd and Margaret Davis, 5000 acres; Richard Davis, 5000;
William Jenkins, 1000 ; John Poy, 750; John Burge, 750; William Mordant,
500; William Powell, 1250; Lewis David, 3000; Morris Llewlin, 500 ; Thomas
Simons, 500 ; John Bevan, 2000 ; Edward Prichard, 2500 ; John Ap John and
Thomas Wyn, 5000 ; Edward Joanes and John Thomas, 5000 ; Richard Davis,

1250; Richard ap Thomas, 5000; Mordicia Moore, in Right of , 500; John

Millinton, 500; Henry Right, 500; Daniell Med , 200; Thomas Ellis, 1000 ;

Thomas Ellis for B. Roules, 250 ; Thomas Ellis, on acct Humphrey Thomas,
100; David Powell, 1000; John Kinsy, 200; David Meredith, 250; David
Davis, 200; Thomas John Evan, 250; John Evans, 100; John Jormon, 50;
David Kinsy, 200; Evan OHver,-Ioo; Samuell Mills (Miles), 100; Thomas
Joanes, 50; David Joanes, 100; John Kinsy, 100; Daniell Hurry, 300 ; Henry
Joanes, 400; John Ffish, 300; John Day, 300; Burke and Simson, 1000 ; The
whole Complnt 50000 acres." — Pennsylvania Magazine.

28 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

ing title to the various plantations upon which they proposed
to settle.

After they were satisfied that they were entirely safe, as
they supposed, in proceeding with their arrangements for a
settlement in Pennsylvania, they banded themselves into
several Companies of Adventurers, selecting some prominent
persons among them as Trustees, who took out a patent in
their own names for the whole amount of land the Company
subscribed for. This system was necessary in order to obtain
a " First Choice " of land, and was a scheme doubtless settled
upon at the London conference, with the approval of the Pro-
prietor, in order to carry out successfully the proposed plan of
a Barony.

The following is a copy of the Patent to John ap John
and Dr. Thomas Wynne for the 5000 acres purchased by
them. As this patent agrees in verbiage with the other
Patents granted by Penn to the Welsh, we give it here at
length :

^hi$ ^n&qntwe, made the Fifteenth Day of September
in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred Eighty and
one, and in the ccciith yeare of the Reigne of King Charles
the Second over England, Between William Penn of Worm-
inghurst in the county of Sussex Esqre of the one part and
John ap John of the parish of Ruabon County of Denbie yeo :
&. Thomas Winn of Caerewis in y° County of Flint, Chirurgion
of the other part, Whereas King Charles the Second by his
Letters Patent under the greate Seale of England bearing
date the fourth day of March in the Three and Thirtieth yeare
of his Reign for the Consideration therein mentioned Hath
given and granted unto the said William Penn his heirs and
assigns All that Tract or part of Land in America with the
Islands therein conteigned and thereunto belonging as the
same is bounded on the East by the Delaware River from
Twelve Miles Distance Northward of Newcastle Towne to
the Three and' fortieth Degree of Northerne Latitude and Ex-
tendeth Westward five Degrees in Longitude and is bounded
on the South by a Circle drawn att Twelve Miles distance
from Newcastle aforsaid Northwards and Westwards to the
beginning of the fortieth Degree of Northern Latitude and
then by a straite Line Westward to the Limit of Longitude

The Great Welsh Tract. 29

above mentioned together with divers great powers, Author-
ities, Royalties, Franchises and .... and hath
erected the said Tract of Land Into a Province or Signory by
the Name of Pensylvania in order to the establishing of a
Colony and plantation in the same and hath thereby also
further granted to the said William Penn his heires and as-
signs from tyme to tyme power and Lycense to assign alien
grant demise or enfeoffe such parts and parcells of the said
province or Tract of Land as hee or they shall think fitt to
such person or persons as shall be willing to purchase the
same in fee simple fee Tayle for Terme of Life or Yeares to
be holden of the said William Penn his heires and assignes as
of the Seignory of Windson by such services customes and
Rents as shall seame fitt to the said William Penn his heires or
assignes and not immediately of the said King his heires and
successors notwithstanding ye statute of Quia Emptores ter-
rarum made in the Reigne of King Edward the first. Now
this Indenture Witnesseth that the said William Penn as well
for and in consideration of the summe of One hundred pounds
sterling moneys to him in hand paid by the said John and
Thomas the Recipt whereof hee the said William Penn doth
hereby acknowledge and thereof and of every part thereof
doth acquit and discharge the said John and Thomas their
Executors Administrators etc of the Rents and Services here-
inafter reserved.

Hath aliened granted bargained sold and confirmed and
by these presents doth alien grant bargain release and confirm
unto the said John and Thomas in their actuall possession
(now being by vertue of a Bargain and sale to them thereof
made for one whole year by Indenture bearing date the day
next before the Date of these presents and by force of the sta-
tute for transferring of uses into possession) and to their heires
and assignes The full and just proportion and quantity of
Five thousand Acres to bee alloted and set out in such places
or parts of the said Tract or province in such manner and at
such time or times as by certaine Concessions or Constitutions
bearing date the Eleventh day of July last past And signed
sealed and Executed by and between the said William Penn
on the one part and the said John and Thomas and other pur-
chasers of Lands within the said Tract or Province of the other
part are agreed lymited and appointed or hereafter to bee
Signed Sealed and Executed by and betweene the same par-
ties shall be agreed lymited and appointed And allsoe all the
estate right Title and interest of him the said William Penn of

30 Merlon in the Welsh Tract.

in and to the said Five thousand Acres to have and to hold the
said Five thousand Acres and every part and parcell of the
same to them the said John and Thomas their heires and as-
signes as of the said signory of Windsor. Yielding and paying
therefor yearely unto the said William Penn his heires and as-
signes the Chief or Quitt Rent of one shilling for every hun-
dred acres of the said Five thousand Acres att or upon the
first day of March .for ever in lieu and stead of all services and
demands whatsoever. And the said William Penn for himself
his heires and assignes doth covenant and agree to and with
the said John and Thomas their heires and assignes in manner
and form following. That is to say that hee the said William
Penn his heires or assignes shall and will by and before such
time or tymes as for that purpose are limited and appointed
and by such Constitutions or Concessions made or hereafter
to bee made as aforesaid Cleare acquitt and Discharge the
said Five thousand Acres soe to be sett out as shall be therein
appointed and every part of the same of and from all manner
of Tithes and Claymes of any Indian or Native of the said
Tract or Province. And allsoe that they the said John and
Thomas their heires and assignes shall and may quietly and
peaceably have hold and enjoy the said Five thousand Acres
and every part thereof according to the true intent and mean-
ing of these presents without the Lett, Disturbance or Inter-
ruption of him the said William Penn his heires or assignes or
any other person or persons whatsoever Claiming or to claim
from by or under him them, or any of them. And further that
hee the said William Penn his heires or assignes shall and will
from time to time make doe and execute all such further and
other Act or Acts thing or things Conveyances and assurances
whatsoever as by or in pursuance if or according to the true
intent of such concessions or constitutions soe made or to bee
made as aforesaid shall be agreed or appointed for the better
conveying and assuring of the said Five Thousand Acres to
them the said John and Thomas and their heires to the use of
them and their heires and Lastly it is the true intent and
meaneing of all the parties to these presents for the better
preserveing and secureing the Title of the said Five thou-
sand Acres. And the said John and Thomas do themselves
their heires and assignes Covenant promise and agree to and
with the said William Penn his heires and assignes that they
the said John and Thomas their heirs and assignes within Six
months after such time as a publike Register shall be ap-
pointed and settled within the said Tract or Province shall and

The Great Welsh Tract. 31

will cause and these presents or sufficient memorandums of
the same bee entered and Inrolled in the said Register in such
manner and sort as shall for that purpose ordained and ap-
pointed. In Witness whereof the said partys to these P'sents
have to these P'sents Indentures interchangeably set their
hands and seales dated the day and yeare first above written.

Witnesses :
Harbert Springett. WILLIAM PENN [Seal]

Mark Srvaner.
I. S. Winton.

This instrument is endorsed " William Penn to John ap
John and Tho. Wynn for 5000 acres in Pensilv" Sept. 15th
168 1," and below, " Record & Penn will pay me for it." Re-
corded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds for the City
& County of Philadelphia in Book H No. 9, page 330 etc the
29th day of December 1758.

On the back of this ancient document, which Charles
Morton Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia, has kindly placed in my
hands, is the following in the handwriting of John ap John,
setting forth that :

" Here is An Account of what I John ap John have sould
out of my part of this deed and what remains still in my
hands. First I paid William Penn by ye hands of Richard
Davies and his soun David Davies ye sum of Fifty pounds
Stl. and for which I have their recets, and I have disposed of
ye land as followeth : —

To Thomas Taylor I sold 500 acres.

To John Roberts1 I sold 500 acres.

To Treial Reider I sold 400 acres.

To Mary Fouk — I sold 200 acres.

To Richard Davies1 250 acres.

To Owen Parry sold 150 acres.

reserved for myself 5°° acres.

'This was John Roberts, of Pen y Clwyd, in Denbighshire, millwright, aged
60 years. Nearly all of his tract was laid out in Merion, and was situate just north
of Ardmore Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the Valley of the Mill Creek.
Here he erected in 1683 the first grist mill in the Province of Pennsylvania. He
married in Pennsylvania, 1691, Elizabeth Owen, aged 16 years, daughter of Owen
Humphrey, of Llwyn du Merionethshire, and was the grandfather of John Roberts,
the noted Tory of Revolutionary times.

'This person may not have been identical with Richard Davies, the celebrated
minister among Friends.

32 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Be it remembered also yt I rebought from Trial Reder
aforsd 400 acres

So wt. remains for me unsold is 900 acres."

It would seem from this paper that our old friend John
ap John1 intended to remove to Pennsylvania; but it is evident
that he did not do so, for we find that he died " at the house
of his son-in-law, John Miller, of Whitehugh, England, on
the 16th day of the ninth month, 1697, as has been but re-
cently learned by a careful examination .of the papers at Dev-
onshire House Meeting, where in the return from Stafford-
shire of answers to the queries for 1698, ' What Public Friends
deceased this year ?' it is answered, ' none save our antient
Friend John ap John,' whose death is recorded as above and
his interment at Basford, a hamlet adjoining Whitehugh. In
the year 17 12, Friends in North Wales were desired by the
Yearly Meeting to collect books and manuscripts relating to
the services of ' our ancient and faithful friend, John ap John,'
and to send them up to the second day's meeting. If this
was done, no record of it can be found now."

A partial list of the grantees under this Patent is as
follows :

Thomas Taylor, of Denbighshire; John Roberts, of Pen
y Clwyd, Denbighshire, Millwright ; Tryall Rider, of Wrex-
ham, Flax Dresser; Mary Fouk, of Denbighshire; Richard
Davies, Owen Parry, of Dynunllo Issa, Denbighshire, yeomen ;
Isaac Wheeldon (or Wheelen,) of Lanroost, Denbighshire ;
Owen Foulke, of Bettws y Coed, Caernarvonshire, Tanner.
It is believed that Tryall Rider did not come to Pennsylvania,
but died in Wrexham.

"As to the 2500 acres, one-half of the Patent, belonging to Dr. Thomas Wynne,
the same was surveyed in various parts of the Province, and after Dr. Wynne's de-
cease his only son and heir petitioned the Board of Property of Philadelphia, stat-
ing that a large part of the tract was as yet unlocated and desiring a warrant of
survey for the same, which was accordingly granted him and the same laid out in
Blockley adjoining the Merion line. This land lay near the present Christ Church
Hospital property, and southeast of Bala, on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad. The
house which Jonathan Wynne built here is still standing, and described elsewhere in
this work.

The Great Welsh Tract. 33

The date of the first deed is 25th of Fifth-month, 168 1, to
Isaac Wheeldon and Owen Foulke, and that of John Roberts,
7th of Fifth-month, 1682.

The principal Patentees, besides John ap John and Dr.
Thomas Wynne, that is to say those who were acting as Trus-
tees for Companies of Adventures, were :

Charles Lloyd, of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire,

gentleman, and Margaret Davies, widow, 5000 acres.

John Bevan, of Treverigg, Glamorganshire, gentle-
man, 2000 acres.

John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, Merionethshire, yeo-
man, and Dr. Edward Jones, of Bala, 5000 acres.

Richard ap Thomas, of Whitford Game, Flintshire, 5000 acres.

Richard Davies, of Clodion cochion, gentleman, 5000 acres.

Lewis David, of Llandewy Velfry, Pembrokeshire,

gentleman, 3000 acres.

Considerable other land was taken up by individuals on
their own account, and 10,000 acres, additional to the 40,000,
was reported to be held by Welshmen, or persons from the
Marches of Wales, before 1684. Not all of this land was,
however, surveyed in one tract, as we have observed, but
some in Goshen and elsewhere. Considerable tracts were
held within Haverford, Radnor, and Merion, by English pur-
chasers, and some by the Swedes.

The grantees under the Patent to Charles Lloyd and

Margaret Davies had their deeds executed in Wales, 24th

/Off /) />/? rf April, 1683, and 29th

UvnUf /%<*- r^s:

being the only one bearing the latter date. They were :

John Humphrey1, of Llanwthin, Montgomery-
shire, yeoman, 312^ acres.

Thomas Morris, of Marchnant Issa, Montgom-
eryshire, yeoman, 1S^>}i acres.

'John Humphrey was late of Llwyn du, Merionethshire, and was brother to
Owen Humphrey of that place. He had removed to Montgomeryshire, near to
his cousins, the descendants and kinsmen of John Powell, of the Parish of Llan-
wddyn, his maternal grandfather. All of the above named grantees were cousins
to John Humphrey.

w. T.— 5.

34 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Thomas Jones,1 of Parish of Llanwthin, Mont-
gomeryshire, yeoman, 156^ acres.
Edward Thomas, of Llanwith, Montgomeryshire,

yeoman, il2% acres,

Margaret Thomas, of Garthblch, Montgomery-
shire, widow, ^^>% acres.
John Rhytherch, of Parish of Hirnant, Mont-
gomeryshire, yeoman, 1 56^ acres.
Joseph Harris, " late of Wallbrook, Middlesex,

London," 1250 acres.

This made just half of their purchase, the balance passing
to Thomas Lloyd, brother of Charles, and the Deputy Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, by deed 6th June, 1683. Of this land
and another tract which he purchased in Merion, Thomas
Lloyd sold 442 acres and upwards to Robert Owen, and 125
acres to Edward Rees, by deeds dated 1691.

The grantees under the John Bevan Patent were :
Charles Bevan, of Treverigg, Glamorganshire, his brother,
Edward Richard, of Treverigg, Glamorganshire, tailor, Kath-
arine Prichard, of Techla, Llantresaint, Glamorganshire, spin-
ster, Elizabeth Prichard, of same place, Mathew and David
Jones, and Ralph Lewis.'

Edward Richard died without issue, and his land de-
scended to his brother, Lewis Richard, who by deed resold
to John Bevan. Katharine and Elizabeth Prichard, of Techla,
were kinswomen to John Bevan (cousins), but not related to
Edward Richard it seems. Elizabeth died, and her sister re-

JThe original deed of Charles Lloyd and Margaret Davies to this person is
in the possession of Rowland Evans, Esq., of Haverford, Lower Merion, who
owns a part of the original tract, situate on the North side of Montgomery Ave-
nue, near Haverford station. The country seats of A. J. Cassatt, John C. Wallace,
Frederick Sylvester, Esquires, and Col. A. Loudon Snowden, adjoin, or are part
of this plantation. Mr. Evans has placed the old deed, and also his title papers, at
my disposal for the purposes of this work. The very perfect Brief of Title pre-
pared by him recites the Patent of Penn to Charles Lloyd and Margaret Davies,
dated 1 5 and 16 September, 1681, and deed of same parties, dated 24 April, 1683,
to said Thomas Jones. The will of Thomas Jones, otherwise Thomas John
Thomas, is dated 25 May, 1701, proved 1723, wherein he bequeaths unto his
" cousin Benjamin Humphreys, of Merion, my house and Plantation in Merion,"
containing 156 acres. He was descended from John Powell, of Llandwddyn, and
in this way was first cousin once removed of Samuel Humphrey, of Llwyn du,
who was father to the Benjamin Humphreys in question, to whom he was there-
fore second cousin.

2See elsewhere in this volume.

The Great Welsh Tract. 35

sold their joint purchase to John Bevan. Part of this tract,
that reserved by John Bevan for his own use, lay partly in
Merion, and now constitutes the Morris and other properties,
just south of Wynnewood station1. The balance was surveyed
in Haverford township.

A very full account of the grantees under the purchase
made by Dr. Edward Jones and John ap Thomas is given
further on, so it is not necessary to mention them particularly
here, further than to say that they were the first settlers in
Merion township. Richard ap Thomas is referred to else-
where. His purchase caused him considerable loss.

Richard Davies was the celebrated minister among Friends,
^--/v /~^i /} l ^e grantees under

QMrnahl/v fhcuteJ^ his patent are given

\-^ *\ ' .i" — * in the accompanying

~~~ *"^ZC^ table. (See next page.)

The following is a copy from an original paper endorsed
" Rich* Davies Purchase & Alienation of 5000 acres f) Rowld
Ellis," in the collection of the Historical Society of Penn-
sylvania.

" Richard Davis's purchases 5000 acres as by the originall
deed doth apeer, sold & subdivided to ye severall purchasers
hereafter named.

" Names first purchasers in England :

" To Rowland Ellis, 1 100 acres, as by deed apears, where-
of, 600 is taken up & setled att Merion ; 483 acres art Goshen
in ye Welch tract laid out & both entered in ye Survey1 Gen-
erall's Office; 17 acres Lyberty land.

" To John Roberts, 1 50 acres, taken up in the Township
of Merion, & in's own possession.

"To Richard Humphrey, 156% acres, taken up in ye
Township of Radnor — he died, John Humphrey's Executor,
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when it was sold by the father of Walter Bevan, now of Rosemont. (See Bevan
Genealogy.) This tract of land is situate directly back of the residences of Isaac
Clothier, Esq., and William P. Henszey, Esq., of Wynnewood, on the south side
of Lancaster avenue. The old Bevan home is still standing.

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Evan ab William, by's will bequeathed ye same to's son Philip
Evan, it being laid out (as by patent doth appear) in ye Welch
tract — ye sd Philip died without issue — brother David Evan
possess ye same.

"To Lewis Owen, Rowland Owen, Ellis Maurice, Ellis
Pugh, 625 acres, sold to Thomas Ellis their title & interest
therein — ye sd quantity was taken up together in Merion — he
dec'd, Executor's sold y® same to Joh : William.

" to James Price, 300 acres, he sold same to David Price,
ye sd David to Henry Rees, the present possessor thereof — in
ye Township of Radnor.

"To John Evans, 350 acres — out of's said tract he sold
100 acres to John German now deceased — his widow in pos-
session. Another p' thereof he sold vizt. 100 to John Roberts,
the sd John sold the same to John Morgan, who has it in pos-
session— the remaining p* ye sd John Evans hath in's possession
all in Radnor.

" To Richard Corn, 50 acres deceased, his son William
Com convey'd's right therein to John Evans as by deeds doth
appear, & being posses'd thereof, lying in Radnor.

" To Edward Jones, 250 acres, one James Morgan pur-
chased's right to ye sd quantity. Late deceased's son & heir
John Morgan now possessor.

" To Ellis Jones, 100 acres, he assigning's right & title
therin to William David, the said William to John Morgan
the possessor thereof.

" To Roger Hughes, 250 acres : he selling one moety
thereof, vizt. 125 acres to Tho. Parry the sd Parry assigning
over's right to Richard Moore, y" other half ye sd Roger sold
to David Meredith [torn] now in his possession.

" To Richard Cook, 100 acres, taken up for him in Radnor.

" To John Lloyd, 100 acres, laid out for hime likewise.

" To David James, 100 acres, deceased — his daughter
Mary James Executrix of ye sd father sold ye title & interest
therin to Stephen ab Evan, present possessor.

" To Margaret James, 200 acres, Samuel James in right
of's wife the said Margaret possesseth y* same.

"To Richard Miles, 100 acres, settles thereon.

" To Thomas Jones, by his heirs the title thereof was made
to William Davies the possessor.

" To Evan Oliver, 200 acres, deceased, his heirs sold ye
sd quantity to ye sd William Davies the possessor.

38 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

" To David Kinsey, 100 acres, the Executors of the de-
ceased Kinsey, sold the sd. tract to James James, & ye sd James
to Lewis Walker who possesseth ye same.

" To Petter Edwards, 100 acres : he sold's title and inter-
est to Thomas Parry, and the said Parry to Tho. Rees, ye pres-
ent possessor.

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" Here followeth some ace more of lands taken up in ye
said Township part whereof by purchase & part rent land —

" David Mredith, 250 acres, purchased as by patent doth
appear.

" Samuel Miles, 100 acres, formerly took up art Rent,
sometime after paid for as doth appear.

"John Evans, 100 acres, took up att rent, in his possession.

" William Davies, 150 acres, formerly took up att Rent.

" Stephen ad Evan, 100 acres, hath taken up likewise att
Rent : all by orders in Radnor Welch tract."

Of the planters who constituted Lewis David's Company
we will speak at length on a future page.

There has been considerable doubt as to the exact date of
the founding of the three original townships, in the Great Welsh
Tract, so that the following statement, drawn from unquestion-
able authorities, may possibly settle all doubts.

The first settlement in Merion was made by Dr. Edward
Jones, Edward Reese, William ap Edward, and a few others
from near Bala, Merionethshire, in the latter part of August,
1682, they having sailed from Liverpool in the ship " Lyon,"
Captain John Compton, Master, which arrived in the Delaware
River on the 1 3th day of the sixth month, that year. Dr.
Jones and his companions arrived at Philadelphia from Up-
land, the landing place, a few days after, and in about a week
obtained a warrant of survey for their joint purchase "on
Scoolkil River." Their plantations were called by them " The
Town of Merioneth," which soon after was changed to plain

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" Merion," probably at the time of Powell's survey in 1684, but
it was referred to as Merioneth at least as late as 1698.

The Haverford and Radnor purchasers were later ar-
rivals, and the first evidence we have of a settlement in the
former township is an ancient line-stone on line between the
properties of Hannah Llewellyn and Haverford College, on the
north side of Cobb's Creek, near the spring-house of Edwin
Johnson.

Samuel M. Garrigues1, Civil Engineer, of Bryn Mawr,
Pa., writes me under date of August 6th, 1895, regarding this
landmark, as follows :

" I discovered this stone when making a survey of this
line on October 12, 1889. By reference to Smith's map of
early grants and patents you will notice a tract in name of
John & Morris Llewellyn. This is the tract now owned in
part by Hannah Llewellyn, a descendant of Morris Llewellyn.
David Llewellyn owned part of the Ellis patent. This land
is now owned by Haverford College. The part of the Ellis
patent on south side of tract is now owned by Edwin Johnson.

" This old line stone was a common corner of lands of
Thomas Ellis on south, David Llewellyn on west and Morris
Llewellyn on east. I have understood that Morris Llewellyn
was a deputy surveyor for Wm. Penn, and he probably made
the survey of this line and set the stone, cutting the marks
thereon. It is the oldest land-line monument I have ever
seen or heard of in this neighborhood, and about as early as
possibly could be under the Penn title.

"The survey was made 2-1, 1683, and very few if any
surveys were made in Delaware county prior to that date."

The first settlement in Haverford2 Township was therefore
made prior to the 2d of the first month (March), 1683, and

•The Garrigues family have been long identified with Lower Merion. They
are of French origin. Jean De La Garrigui was the common ancestor of the
different branches ; he served in Holland as a Lieutenant in the French Army in
1550, after which, on account of his bravery on several occasions, he obtained a
company from Henry IV., and afterwards became a noted soldier. [See note on
Garrigues family of Merion in Appendix.]

2It is a fact worth noting that in many early documents Haverford Township
appears as " Harford," which was a common way at that time of spelling the
name of Hereford, a county on the Marches of Wales. This spelling occurs in the
Colonial Records as late as 1689 and perhaps later, and in deeds. Holmes's Map
of 1681-2 mentions it as " Haverford" ; but this map was really not issued until
1687, or not so soon. It has been very generally understood that Haverford was

40 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Radnor was established about the same time. Although it
may be conceded that Dr. Edward Jones and Company were
the first Welshmen in the Barony as permanent settlers, hav-
ing, as we have seen, arrived some months before Penn, yet
they were not the first of Cymric birth to land at Philadelphia.
That honor must be accorded to one Thomas Sion (John)
Evan, from the Comot of Penllyn, near Bala, who arrived in
Pennsylvania in April of 1682. He was not at that time a
Friend, but afterwards joined the Society, after he had finally
settled in Radnor Township.

This fact appears from an interesting letter, written about
1708, to a certain Hugh Jones, of Bala, in Wales. It appeared
in its original language in a Welsh periodical of London, 1 806,
and again in the Gwyliedydd at Bala in 1833, and in the latter
year the following translation appeared in the Cambrian Mag-
azine. By a curious error, the signature is given as " Hugh
Jones." An examination of the will of Thomas Sion (John)
Evan, " of Radnor in Pennsylvania," dated 31st 1st mo., 1707,
proved at Philadelphia 23d September, 1707, informs us that
the writer of this letter was called John, not Hugh ; but it is

named after Haverford West, in Wales, and that "Harford" was a corruption
thereof. There is, however, upon record at Philadelphia a deed executed in Wales,
and by Welshmen, in which both places are mentioned. This document is dated
19 August, 1686, and is between Richard Davies, of Welshpool, Gentleman, of the
first part, Thomas Ellis, of the township of Harford, in Pennsylvania, yeoman,
Francis Howell, of Parish of Llanrilio, yeoman, Morgan David, of (Littlenew ?)
Castle Parish, Carmarthen, Pembroke, husbandman, Francis Lloyd, of the Town
and County of Haverford West, shoemaker, James Thomas, of Llanboyden Parish,
Carmarthen, yeoman, of the second part, and William Howell, of the township of
Harford, in Pennsylvania, carpenter, and Ellis Ellis, of the township of Harford,
husbandman, of the third part, recites a second patent to Richard Davies for 1250
acres, of which 500 acres are already laid out " in Harford Township in Pennsyl-
vania" of which 500 acres he transfers 410 acres to the parties of third part for
use of parties of second part who have paid ,£32 for the same. The land to be
divided into shares with the " approbation of Henry Lewis, of Harford, Pennsyl-
vania, carpenter, George Painter, of Harford, yeoman, John Beevan, of Harford,
yeoman (should have been of Merion), and David Powell, of Philadelphia, sur-
veyor, or any two of them. — (Deed Book C, 2.) Gabriel Thomas, in his history
of Pennsylvania, printed in 1698, says: "Besides there are several Country Vil-
lages, viz, Dublin, Harford, Merioneth, and Radnor in Cambry." Some of the
Welsh described themselves as "of Haverford" at an early date, and it seems rea-
sonable to suppose, as a probable explanation, that some of the settlers at first
called their plantations " Haverford," and that subsequently the entire township,
called at first Harford, assumed the former name. To avoid confusion we have
referred to the township as Haverford, irrespective of dates, throughout this work.

The Great Welsh Tract. 41

probable that he called himself Jones, as did his father.
Thomas left, as his letter states, his farm of three hundred
acres to his two sons John and Joseph, in equal shares ; to his
daughter Elizabeth £50; to his wife (Lowry) £6 per annum,
and right to reside on the farm. He appoints as " Guardians
and Overseers " his friends Rowland Ellis, Sr., Joseph Owen,
and Rowland Ellis, Jr. The Thomas Lloyd mentioned " of
Penmaen," a township in the parish of Llanvaur, Merioneth-
shire, was a Bard of note before he joined the Friends. There
are excellent verses of his published in the Gwyliedydd for
March, 1824, on the subject of his conversion.1

My Dear Kinsman, Hugh Jones,

I received a letter from you, dated May 8, 1705 ; and I
was glad to find that one of my relatives, in the old land of
which I have heard so much, was pleased to recollect me. I
have heard my father speak much about old Cymru ; but I
was born in this woody region — this new world.

I remember him frequently mentioning such places as
Llan-y-Cil, Llan-uwchlyn, Llan Vair, Llan Gwm, Bala, Llan-
gower, Llyn Tegyd, Arenig Vawn, Vron-Goch, Llaethgwm,
Havod Vadog, Cwm Tir-y-naint, and many others. It is
probably uninteresting to you to hear these names of places,
but it affords me great delight even to think of them, altho-
I do not know what kind of places they are ; and indeed I
long much to see them, having heard my father and mother
so often speak in the most affectionate manner of the kind
hearted and innocent old people who live in them. . . And
now my friend, I will give an account of the life and fortunes
of my dear father from the time he left Wales to the day of
his death. He was at St. Peters fair, at Bala (July 10th 168 1)
when he first heard of Pennsylvania ; three weeks only after
this, he took leave of his neighbors and relations, who were
anxiously looking forward to his departure for London on his
way to America. Here (in London) he waited three months
for a ship; and at length went out in one bearing the name of
" William Penn." He had a very tempestuous passage for sev-
eral weeks ; and when in sight of the river Delaware, owing
to adverse winds and a boisterous sea, the sails were torn, and
the rudder injured. By this disaster they were greatly dis-
heartened, and were obliged to go back to Barbadoes, where

'This letter was printed by the author in Pennsylvania Magazine, in 1889.
w. T. — 6.

42 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

they continued three weeks, expending much money in refit-
ting their ship. Being now ready for a second attempt, they
easily accomplished their voyage, and arrived safely in the
river Delaware on the 16th of April, being thirty weeks from
the time they left London.

During this long voyage he learned to speak and read
English tolerably well. They now came up the river 120
miles, to the place where Philadelphia is at present situate.
At that time, as the Welsh say, there was " na thy nac
ymogor " (neither house nor shelter) but the wild woods, nor
any one to welcome them to land. A poor look out this, for
persons who had been so long at sea, many of whom had
spent their little all. This was not the place for them to
remain stationary. My father therefore went alone where
chance led him, to endeavor to obtain the means of subsist-
ence. He longed much at this time for milk. During his
wanderings he met with a drunken old man, who understood
neither Welsh nor English, and who, noticing the stranger,
by means of some signs and gesticulations invited him to his
dwelling, where he was received by the old man's wife and
several sons, in the most kind and hospitable manner : they
were Swedes : here he made his home, till he had a habitation
of his own. As you shall hear, during the summer of 1682
our governor William Penn Esq., arrived here, together with
several from England, having bought lands here. They now
began to divide the country into allotments, and to plan the
city of Philadelphia, (which was to be more than two miles, in
length) laying it out in streets and squares, &c. with portions
of land assigned to several of the houses. He also bought
the freehold of the soil from the Indians, a savage race of men,
who have lived here from time immemorial, as far as I am
able to understand. They can give no account of themselves,
not knowing where or whence they came here, an irrational
set, I should imagine, but they have some kind of reason too,
and extraordinary natural endowments in their peculiar way ;
they are very observant in their customs, and more unblame-
able, in many respects, than we are. They had neither towns
nor villages, but lived in booths or tents. In the autumn of
this year (1682) several from Wales arrived here : Edward ab
Rhys,1 Edward Jones, of Bala,2 William ab Edward.3 and
many others.

■Edward Rees, or Price.
2Dr. Edward Jones, who settled in Merion.

sWilliam ap Edward, in a deed executed in Wales 1st April, 1682, for land
in Pennsylvania, is described as " of Ucheldri in co. Merioneth, yeoman."

The Great Welsh Tract. 43

By this time there was a kind of neighborhood here,
although as neighbors they could little benefit each other.
They were sometimes employed in making huts beneath some
cliff, or under the hollow banks of rivulets, thus sheltering
themselves where their fancy dictated. There were neither
cows nor horses to be had at any price. "If we have bread
we will drink water and be content," they said ; yet no one
was in want, and all were much attached to each other ; in-
deed much more so, perhaps, than many who have every out-
ward comfort this world can afford.

During this eventful period, our governor began to build
mansion houses at different intervals, to the distance of fifty
miles from the city, although the country appeared a com-
plete wilderness. The governor was a clever, intelligent man,
possessing great penetration, affable in discourse, and a pleas-
ant orator ; a man of rank, no doubt, but he did not succeed
according to his merit, the words of the bard Edward Morys
might be applied to him :

" Ni chadwodd yr henddyn o'i synwyr vriwsionyn :
Mi giliodd i ganlyn y golud."

At this time my father, Thomas Sion Evan, was living with
the Swedes, as I mentioned before, and intending daily to re-
turn to Wales ; but as time advanced, the country improved.
In the course of three years several were beginning to obtain
a pretty good livelihood, and my father determined to remain
with them. There was, by this time, no land to be bought
within twelve miles the city, and my father having purchased
a small tract of land1 married the widow of Thomas Llwyd, of
Penmaen.

" Chwi glywsoch son yn Nyfiyn Clwyd,
Am domas Llwyd o Ben Maen."

He now went to live near the woods. It was now a very rare
but pleasing thing to hear a neighbor's cock crow.

My father had now only one small horse, and his wife
was much afflicted with the tertian ague. In process of time
however the little which he had prospered, so that he became
possessed of horses, cows, and every thing else that was neces-
sary for him. . . . During the latter years of his life he kept
twelve good milch cows. He had eight children2, but I was

'In Radnor Township.

2Five appear to have died young; one of them, "Rowland Johns, son of
Thomas John Evan," died 1698.

44 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

the eldest. Having lived in this manner twenty-four years,
he now became helpless and infirm and very subject to diffi-
culty of breathing at the close of his day's labouf. He was a
muscular man, very careful and attentive to his worldly oc-
cupations.

About the end of July . . . years ago he became sick,
and much enfeebled by a severe fever, but asthma was his
chief complaint.

Having lived thus five weeks indisposed, he departed this
life, leaving a farm each for my brother1 and self, a corre-
spondent portion for my sister2, arid a fair dower for my
mother. My sister married Risiart ab Thomas ab Rhys, a
man whom I much respected prior to his marriage, and still
regard. My brother and I continue to live with our mother,
as before, endeavoring to imitate our father in the manage-
ment of his affairs ; but we are in many respects unequal to
him. Our mother is 73 years old. . . . Do send some news;
if you should have anything remarkable to mention I shall be
glad to hear it. I must conclude my letter.

your Kinsman

Here is a passage from another letter which will serve to
show to what dangers and hardships the first Welsh colonists
were exposed, and as such it has perhaps an historic interest.
It occurs in an epistle from Thomas Jones, of Merion, to his
"Moving cousin Robert Vaughan." After referring to his bro-
ther Cadwalader, who had made successful voyages to Jamaica,
Barbadoes, and elsewhere, "and who, through mercy, hath
escaped well and not been taken hitherto, considering how
troublesome it is," he says :

" I suppose thou hast had an account of that Owen Rob-
erts and his company were taken by the French. . . . They
were taken about the 12th day of the 5 month within a few
days' sail (less than a week) good wind, of the Capes or mouth
of the Delaware, being all alive and pretty well and hearty,
and were carried by them, some to Martinico, and the rest to
Guardalupa, islands belonging to the French. And so from
thence to Monsterat and Antigo, islands belonging to the
English, and so from thence here, where they arrived at Phil-
adelphia about ye 7th of 8th month last, excepting nine of the

'Joseph, bom 2d mo. 28th, 1695.
2Elizabeth, born nth mo. 8th, 1691.

The Great Welsh Tract. 45

servants that were pressed on board a ship (or man of war) at
Monsterat. The names of them that came from your neigh-
borhood are Humphrey Williams, Cadder John, Robert Ar-
thur, Hugh Griffith, and James Griffith. The other three
came from Llun and one from Dolgelley. Two died, a young
maid related to Rowland Ellis, at Antigo, and Morris Richard,
the Tailor, at sea, coming hither. There were several of them
weakly on their arrival, and Edward Thomas' child dyed att
that time. One, Thomas Owen also that came then and lived
with Edward Roberts (remember my love to him, my school-
fellow, and old acquaintance, if thou dost remember it and
hast opportunity) dyed also on the 2d mo. Owen Roberts
went to Antigo in the 2d month last, and writt from thence
that he heard nothing of the servants. There was a great
storm or hurricane, and it is feared they are lost."

The Welsh, upon their arrival in Pennsylvania, found
considerable trouble awaiting them. They had been led to
suppose, not only that their Tract would be laid out in one
place, but that it would be surveyed to them in the immediate
vicinity of Philadelphia, and that communication therewith,
for market and other purposes, would be easy, and facilitated
by the building of free roads and the establishment of con-
venient ferries. These were of the greatest importance to
them because they expected to derive their principal income
either from planting, or by milling interests, both of which
occupations they were well prepared to undertake.

That they did undertake these enterprises under the most
discouraging circumstances possible for the Provincial govern-
ment to offer, and turned them into successful industries, is un-
questionably true, and only proves the superiority of the Cym-
ric colonists over many other settlers.

They were, upon their arrival in the Province, not long
in concluding that purchasing land from William Penn in
England was one thing, whilst getting a warrant of survey
for it in a habitable place from the Proprietor's agents, swayed
as they were by petty prejudice and partialities, was quite an-
other matter.

To obtain a warrant of survey at all was the work of
the utmost difficulty, accomplished only after days of attend-

46 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

ance at the Land Office, and this was true even after Penn had
arrived and issued his "General Warrant" to his Surveyor-
General. They were forced, therefore, to choose between ac-
cepting their land in the lower counties or on the west side of
the Schuylkill River, which was then considered in the extreme
wilderness, and they were quick to choose the latter location.

These lands, comprising what are now the Townships of
Merion, Haverford and Radnor, possessed, indeed, many
natural advantages. There were amongst other desirable fea-
tures, an abundance of excellent streams, plenty of good timber
and fine building stone ; and the fair, rolling country, remind-
ing the colonists of their native Wales, had much to commend
itself to their eyes. Still, they were, at first, disappointed. They
had relied upon William Penn, and he had sorely disappointed
them ; nor did this feeling wear off as years rolled by. Had it
not been for his personal assurances they would have hardly
ventured to face the wilderness, even to escape bitter perse-
cution.

Hugh Roberts, writing to Penn some years after regard-
ing the Keith controversy, touches upon this subject. He
says:

" My dear ffrd W. P.

" I am greatly trubled with many more that thee hast lost
the government of this cuntry, I can truley say it is a great
disappointment unto us, (I mean yB Welsh) for I can truley
say that many of us had never cam here, but becaus of the
love & unity & confidence we had in thee, not questioning
but the Lord god had an eminent hand in ordering thee this
cuntry, & yet I doe not question but it was so, though som
may now thinke otherwise dear ffrd we have wanted thee here
very much, for great hath been the truble & exercise of many
of us, upon the account of the devision & separation that hath
hapned amongst us which was jefley ocationed by G. K : well
Let me & others writ unto thee w* we will, I think thee canst
hardly believe that he is gon as bad as he is I need not men-
tion many of his actions, for I do belive thee hast heard a
great-el alredy, but this I can truley afirm thee (whether thee
willt belive soe or no), that I never so a man (under any pro-
fesion) in mor pasion & bitternes of spirit and mor redy to

The Great Welsh Tract. 47

carp & to discover the weakness of ffrds, than he is & not
onely so but he will endevour to put many things to frds
charg, when they are very clear.

" And further my dear frd, it is well known unto thee that
many of our ffrds in England, had hard thougts of thee & we,
because of our removal from that to this cuntry and I doe not
thinke but they had som cause, for here cam som peopel that
had not a right end in their removals som for fere of persecu-
tion some that were discontented with their brethren where
they were, and others that promised to themselves to be great
in the world I belive all these meet with great disapointments
& som of them cam back unto England, others of you did
send very bad reports, both of the cuntry & ffrds, for they
were not contented with ffrds here, no more than they were
in their native Land, & so when som ffrds in England heard
& perceved these things, some were redy to conclud that they
had not mist in their first thoughts of us, but for all this I
know here is many hundreds that cam here in the integrety of
their harts & in a true sence of what they did, and never to
this day had cause to repent nor repin, though they were very
hard put to' in the outward, & not oneley so, thorow the great
goodnes of the Lord our god have keept our places in the
truth hitherto, blessed be his worthy nam sayth my soul."

We should not judge the Proprietor harshly because of
his inability to accomplish all that he had undertaken to per-
form. As we have observed, difficulties which he had not
foreseen, or which, if he had, could not have entirely controlled,
prevented him at many times from asserting the extraordinary
authority bestowed upon him, through his charter, by the
crown. To obtain his Province had cost much money and
considerable political influence. The King was constantly in
debt. " Those who desired such a thing as Penn asked for,
even when it was in settlement of an old claim, were expected
to pay dearly for the favor. Courtiers and court servants, sec-
retaries and members of Parliament, through whom the King
had to be reached, all held their services at a certain arbitrary-
price. To obtain settlers and the necessities of colonial estab-
lishment, cost more money and additional influence, whilst the
maintenance of the Provincial Government during the first years,
together with personal expenses, necessitated the negotiation of

48 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

large loans from several persons. Penn was, therefore, in a great
measure compelled to yield somewhat to the various interests
of those to whom he was indebted, and to their followers and
dependents. To oppose their wishes openly would have been
to encourage financial ruin, personally, and the dissolution of
that project upon which he had set his heart. It was also
necessary that he should, in some measure, give heed to the
voices of those of other races who had purchased his land.

That there was considerable opposition, by the settlers of
other nationalities, to the Welsh having their own way, is not
surprising, and is indeed extremely clear when we consider
that the Cymric force of character and ability began to be
felt from the start ; and it was only a question of time, in the
opinion of the other colonists, when those of British lineage
would have control of the Provincial government; which object
they did indeed almost achieve within a quarter of a century
after their arrival.

The first serious difficulty between the Welsh and the gov-
ernment, of which we have any record, was a dispute concern-
ing the encroachment upon the Tract made by one Charles
Ashcome, a Deputy Surveyor, who laid out certain parcels of
lands to English settlers, within the bounds of the Barony.

This occurred in the year 1687. On the 1 3th of the Third-
month of that year, " David Powell, Hugh Roberts, Griffith
Owen, Edward Jones, William Edwards, Price Jones (Rees
John William) and Rowland Ellis appearing before the Com-
missioners in ye behalf of Welsh Friends, the minute of Coun-
cil was read to them w'ch ordered that ye Surveyor-General
should make returns of the land Surveyed by Charles Ash-
come in the Welsh Tract for Thomas Barker and Company,
4000 acres — being asked if the Welsh consented, they answered
No ! and prayed that the 4000 acres should not be Confirmed
unto Barker."

On the 25th of the Fifth-month of the same year, the same
question having arisen relating to Barker's land, it was recorded
that " we, the Proprietary Deputies, having taken into consid-
eration the request to us made by several persons — concern-

The Great Welsh Tract. 49

ing in a Tract of Land, about forty thousand acres, which was
laid out by virtue of a warrant from the Proprietary and Gov-
ernment bearing date ye 13th day of the first month 1684, for
the purchase of North and South Wales and adjacent Counties
of Herefordshire and Cheshire, where they set forth yt after
the Legal Executors of the said warrant several Incroachments
have been made within ye bounds of ye said Tract — by other
than had in Right — It was found that what land had been so
surveyed there was by Charles Ashcome, Deputy, without
Authority of Surveyor General. Against which Incroachments
the persons concerned in the said Tract have craved Justice
from us that their rights might be maintained according to the
true Intent and meaning of the aforsaid Warrant granted
therin."

The bounds of the Tract as given by the said general war-
rant were then recited, and persons warned not to trespass,
and all surveys made before the date of the warrant annulled.
Although the Welsh at this time scored a signal victory by
the friendly assistance of the acting Commissioners at the time
— viz., William Markham, Thomas Ellis and John Goodson —
yet those subsequently in power were not so easily convinced
of the Cymric rights or so ready to uphold them.

The next trouble occurred under Governor John Black-
well. This man seems to have taken the greatest pleasure in
snubbing the Welsh or any other colonists who asked anything
of him, either right or wrong. He was ably seconded in this
course by several members of his Council, who were either so
puffed up with the honor of serving in office that they were
ready to obey the slightest wish of the Governor, or else were
bought for the purpose of running the government to suit
Blackwell's constituents. The matter in question was the
Chester County line dispute, which had been under discussion
before.

In a Council held 25th of First-month, 1689, Thomas
Lloyd appeared, and said "he understood some thing had
been moved about adding ye Welsh Towns or Tracts to the

W. T. — 7.

50 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

County of Chester, and if anything was proposed desired they
would give him an opportunity to speak." " The Governor
told him no such thing was yt brought before them; But that if
any such thing were wherein it should be found requisite to hear
them, they should have notice thereof."

That Blackwell was a most adroit politician can not for a
moment be denied. The petition of the Justices of Chester
County was already before him, prepared by his confidants at
his suggestion. It was to be presented that afternoon, and was
to be acted upon immediately. Its main purpose was to cut
off from Philadelphia County the votes of some sixty Welsh-
men who had previously voted there, and who, if left alone,
would elect persons to the Council and Assembly opposed to
Blackwell's policy. It was, indeed, a political move worthy of
the present day.

In the afternoon this petition of the Justices of the County
of Chester was presented. It is scarcely worth while to give
this paper, at length, here. It provided for placing the town-
ships of Radnor and Haverford, which the Council held were
then in Philadelphia County, but which the Welsh maintained
were part of a separate Barony and only for election purposes
in the latter county, into Chester. The matter came up for
argument the next day, Thomas Lloyd and John Eckley ap-
pearing for the Welsh interests in spite of threats on the part
of the Governor and his friends. In the discussion that fol-
lowed, on the part of the Government, " 'twas asserted that the
Welsh Inhabitants had Deneyed themselves to be any part of
the County of Philadelphia, refusing to bear any share of
Charges or serve in office or on Juries, and the like, as to the
County of Chester. That the pretence thereof was they were
a distinct Barony wch they might be yet that several Baronies
might be in one and ye same County'' The Welsh protested
that a Barony ought not to be divided. Thomas Lloyd said
that "the Proprietor had given them grounds it should be
made a County Palatinate." The Governor asked " if any
such thing had been past ; nothing appeared." Lloyd then
asked for a further hearing, which request was seconded by

*****

ANCIENT MILE-STONE, WITH PENN'S ARMS, ON THE OLD
GULPH ROAD, NORTH OF BRYN MAWR.

The Great Welsh Tract. 51

Samuel Carpenter, but was vigorously opposed by Griffith
Jones, a Welshman in the pay of the Governor. The matter
was settled, therefore, to the satisfaction of the Councils, the
Welsh protesting, and the townships of Haverford and Rad-
nor were declared to be in Chester County.

At the election which followed the Welsh of these town-
ships, to the number of sixty, insisted upon casting their votes
for their candidate, Eckley, with the inhabitants of Philadel-
phia, which was reported by the Sheriff on the 1st of Second-
month, 1689, and continued a subject for debate for a long
time, finally resulting in an order for another election.

Up to this time, however, the Cymric Friends had been
able to maintain entire the bounds of their Tract, and had pre-
vented the attempted encroachments of those of English or
other nationalities. Under the utmost discouragements they
had built up their three townships, so that they were garden
spots compared with other parts of the Province. They had
built mills ; and finding that Penn held the milling rights, as
Lord of the Province, had succeeded in having one of their
number appointed as the Governor's miller, or miller in chief.
At their own private expense they had built good roads, and
the Surveyor General had marked them with stones bearing
Penn's arms, and had charged the Welsh with the expense
thereof. They had established a good ferry over Schuylkill,
and they had had their boat seized and the ferryman arrested ;
and, again persisting, they had gotten into serious complica-
tions because they claimed the right to cross rivers upon their
own boats or to swim over if they so chose. Their settlements,
and the fine lands which they had selected, were naturally
viewed with envy by those who were not so industrious or
so fortunate.

Accordingly a persistent and finally successful effort was
made in 1690 and 1691 to break up the last remnant of Baro-
nial authority which the Cymric colonists possessed. A gen-
eral attack upon the lands adjacent to, or in, the three town-
ships, and not yet taken up, was skillfully planned. Such a
proceeding was, of course, vigorously opposed by the Welsh.

52 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The fight lasted for some time, and it would be tedious to give
here all of the details ; thepetitions,votes,decisions and appeals.
On the 1 3th of the Tenth-month, 1690, Griffith Owen and others
defined their position in a dignified and ringing address to the
authorities.1 " We," they said, " the Inhabitants of the Welsh
Tract in the Province of Pennsylvania in America, being de-
scended of the Ancient Britains, who always in the Land of
our Nativity, under the Crown of England, have enjoyed that
Liberty and privilege as to have our bounds and limits by our-
selves within which all causes, quarrels, crimes, and titles were
tryed, and wholly determined by officers, magistrates, jurors,
of our own language, which were our equals. Having our
faces towards these Counties, made" motion to our Governor
that we might enjoy the same here, — to the Intent we might
live together here, and enjoy our Liberty and Devotion, which
thing was soon granted us before we came into these parts."

After a very lengthy discussion, it was finally agreed that
if the Welsh would at once purchase and pay quit rent for the
entire Barony from 1684, that Wiey might retain the same in one
tract, the titles of so called trespassers to be void. On the 2d of
the Third-month, 1691, " This being the day appointed for the
Welsh Friends to give their answer to the Commissioners —
there appeared in behalf of the Welsh : Griffith Owen, Hugh
Roberts, Robert Owen, John Bevan, with many others. The
Welch Friends answer is, that they are willing to pay hence
forward Quit Rent for the whole 40,000 acres, but not since
Date of Survey, the which answer not being Satisfactory or
Direct to the purpose of the proposition, Resolved that the
lands already laid out in the said Tract unto other purchasers
be confirmed unto them."

Shortly after, the Welsh, having reconsidered the matter,
agreed to pay the entire back rents of the whole tract; but the
Commissioners made answer that it was too late, that the matter
had been settled.

'There are several versions of this address, each differing slightly from the
other. Two separate petitions are among the Penn papers.

T/ie Great Welsh Tract.

Between this and 1700 several attempts were made by the
Welsh to regain their lost advantage, but without success, and
the Barony became a name only ; but the three townships con-
tinued to be known as the " Great Welsh Tract in The Province
of Pennsylvania," until so late a period as the Revolutionary
War, and even early in the present century was so described in
titles to the lands therein, and in wills. The first tax list of
Philadelphia County, made in 1693, gives the taxables in the
Barony, but is not complete ; therefore, the following list of
persons in Merion, Haverford and Radnor, who subscribed to
the Susquehanna Land Company, in 1696, although it omits
some names, is given in preference, as it also shows the pros-
perity and comparative wealth enjoyed by the Welsh at this
early day, as proven by the considerable amounts they were
able to invest in a scheme, the success of which was some-
what uncertain.

An account of those who subscribed for the purchase of
lands on the Susquehanna River in 16961 :

IN MARION TOWNSHIP.

John Bevan,

• 25

Hugh Roberts,
John Roberts,
Cadwalader Morgan,
Robert David,

20
. 20

15
• 15

Griffith John,
Edwd Rees,

• is

Edwd Jones,

Rees Jones,

. 6

Wm. Edward,

Hugh Jones,
Robert Owen, .

• 5
8

John Roberts, of Wayne Mill,
Thomas ^
Robert ! , „
Evan \ J°nes'
Cadwald J

• 5

. 20

xPenn Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

David Hugh,
Jn°. Humphrys,
Margret Howell,
Dan Thomas (erased),
Rees Thomas, .
David Havord,
Thomas Howell, .
Dan11 Thomas,
Ellis Pugh,
Robert Lloyd,
Edw" Jones, Glov. [er.]
Edw* Griffith,
Thomas David,
Peter Jones,
James Thos., Sen.,
James Thos., Junr.,
Evan Harry,
Joshua Owen, .
Benj* Humphrys, .
Tho. Jones, Senr.,
David William, .
Jno. Owen,
John William,
Abell Thomas,
Kath. David,
Sarah Evans,
Phillip Price,

10
io
8
8
io
5
5
5

5
3

5
5

5
5
5

4
5

2
2
5

5
5

S. D.

IO
IO

IN HAVERFORD AND RADNOR TOWNSHIPS.

William Lewis,
David Lewis,
William Jenkins,
Jno. Lewis,
David Lawrence,
Morrice LLewellen,
Ellis Ellis,
William Howell,
Danu Humphrey,
Henry Lewis,
Sam" Lewis,
William Row,
Lewis David,

5
io

5
S
5

The Great Welsh Tract.

Jno. Evans,
David Meredith,
John Jarman,
David Evan,
Richard Orms,
David Morice,
Tho. Jno. Evan,
Henry Rees,
Jno. Evan Edw4,
Thomas Parry,
Evan Prothero,
Hugh Sam11,
Owin Evan,
Dan" Chivers, .
Rees Henton,
Win. David,
Rich* Moor,
Sam" Miles,
Wm. David,
John Morgan, .
Tho. Owen,
David James,
Wm. Thomas,
Eliza. Jones,

IN CHESTER COUNTY.

5
5

2
6

John Symcock,
Jonathan Hoys,
Geo. James,
Wm. Hues, Sr.,

The total, which, taking into consideration the then actual
purchasing value, say about $ 10,000 or more of our money, was
certainly a very respectable amount for settlers, many of whom
had been only a few years in the country, to invest in specula-
tion.

THE MERIONETH ADVENTURERS : DR. EDWARD
JONES AND JOHN AP THOMAS AND COMPANY.

" These men, like the oak, faced the tempest."

That quaint old map of the Province of Pennsylvania,
claiming to be issued in the year 1681, by Captain Thomas
Holmes, a person who held the lucrative but somewhat vex-
atious office of Surveyor General, but which was not really
finished until the year 1687, fails, through some unaccountable
oversight, to designate any township of Merion, although
Radnor and Haverford, settled subsequently, are particularly
marked out. On the west side of the Great Welsh Tract,
however, may be found located along the southwest bank of
the River Schuylkill, and a short distance above the Falls, a
Cymric settlement briefly noted as belonging to " Edward
Jones & Company, being 1 7 families."

Although the old Surveyor was evidently very much mis-
taken, or else, for various reasons intentionally misled, regard-
ing the number of adventurers with their families actually
established on this land, in 1682, or even the year the work
was published, yet the situation of the several plantations, which
together formed the early Provincial Town of Merioneth, is
correctly given.

This little colony, called at first " Merioneth," after the
Welsh county of that name, and containing much less than the
five thousand acres usually credited to it, was the genesis of
that larger and prosperous Merion Township of colonial days,
which was afterwards divided into the Upper and Lower divi-
sions of the present time1.

"Upper Merion, meaning near and above the present Bryn Mawr, is mentioned
before 1700.

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The Merioneth Adventurers. 57

Merioneth, or as it was originally called in the Welsh
tongue, Meirioneth, is one of the most ancient shires in Wales,
and in the Cymric language signifies the earth, land, or pos-
sessions of Merion. It was so called, some writers assert, from
being once the territory of a Welsh chieftain named Merion,
who is said to have flourished during the eighth or ninth cen-
tury of the Christian era. So much for a name, so old that its
origin is lost amid the traditions of a dim past. Even as Bala
is now a principal place in our own Merion, so in North Wales
it is one of the chief towns.

It was from the immediate neighborhood of this ancient
and picturesque Cymric village that the settlers on the land,
which now lies north of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Phila-
delphia, chiefly came. The Welsh Bala is in the parish of
Llanykil, in the hundred of Penllyn, is seventeen miles from
Dolgelly, and lies at the northeast end of Bala Lake, called in
the Cymric tongue, Llyn Tegid, or Pemblemere. This charm-
ing sheet of water extends in a southwesterly direction from
the town for the distance of four miles, and is three-quarters
of a mile wide ; being by far the largest body of water in the
Principality. The River Dee, the sources of which are in the
range of lofty mountains to the south, called Arran Fowddy,
flows through the lake. At one end of the mere and facing
the town, is a high and round mound of earth, a miniature
hill, probably part of some ancient monument or fortification.
On this tumulus for generations, in the early morning, have
gathered the women of the neighborhood attired in their quaint
native costume, to knit and gossip throughout the day. Lord
Lyttleton says he saw here the prettiest girls he ever beheld.

This region abounds in wild and beautiful scenery, and is
full of interest to the student of Welsh history. On a high
bank, or rather craggy rock, on the southern bank of the
picturesque River Lloir, are the remains of a famous old Castle,
called Castell Cam Dochan, the theatre of many bloody con-
flicts, and on the other side of the stream, to the northeast, is
Caer Gai. This venerable and romantic pile once belonged, it
is claimed, to Cai Hir ap Cymyr, Spencer's Timon, the foster-

5 8 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

father of King Arthur, who is said to have been educated near

this spot.

" Here Timon dwelt,
His dwelling is full low in valley green,

Under the foot of Arans mossy hoar,
From whence the River Dee as silver clean,

His tumbling billows rolls with gentle roar."

The site of Caer Gai was originally a Roman camp, and
many curious tiles, and a coin, bearing the device of the
Emperor Gratian, have been found in the vicinity.

Nearly due north of Bala is the parish of Llanvawr (or
Llanfor), comprising the townships of Tre'r Llan, Rhiwaedog
Uwch Avon, Rhiwaedog Is Avon ; Nant Lleidiog, Penmaen,
Ciltalgarth (or Kiltalgarth), Garth, Ucheldref, and Llawry
Bettws ; including also (at the present time) the church lands
or ecclesiastical divisions of Trinity and Fron Goch1.

The Township of Llaethgwm, which was formerly within
Llanvawr, is now in Llandderfel. Llanvawr, or as the name
is now usually spelled by the natives, " Llanfor," is only about
one mile from Bala, and has been of much interest to antiqua-
rians. The Britons, under their aged Prince Bard, Llywarch
Hen, had a terrific battle with the Strathclydes on the hill of
Rhiwaedog, near the home of Llywarch, and the Prince, though
defeating his enemies with great slaughter, having lost most
of his friends and his last remaining sons in the fight, retired
to a hut or cave at Aber Ciog, now called D61 Giog, where,
during the remainder of his days, his harp discoursed mourn-
fully his country's woes. Here he composed some of the most
beautiful verses to be found in Welsh poetry. Of an elder son
he declares that he was dutiful, meeting death fearlessly ; but
of his youngest boy, who fell, leading a desperate charge on
the crimsoned slope of Rhiwaedog, he says that he deserves a
crown of pure gold.

■This is the modern name for an " Ecclesiastical Division," and is not to be
confused with the farm or manor lands of Fron Gdch, which are near by and partly
in same parish. See account of the Owen family, of Merion, on another page of
this book.

The Merioneth Adventurers. . 59

Old Llywarch died, it is said, about the year 634, and lies
buried in Llanfor church-yard, where many of his kindred and
descendants, some of them ancestors to the first Merion set-
tlers, sleep their last sleep.

" Of lordly lineage, 'neath fair woodbine laid,
The church-yard trees are sepulchres of kings."

East of Bala Lake, and south of the town, lies the parish
of Llangower. Northeast of the lake extends Llandderfel, in-
cluding within its uncertain boundaries the township of Trev
Llan, Nant Ffreiar (the foaming brook), Tref Gynlas (Cynlas),
Selwern, Crogan, D61 Drewyn, Llaethgwm and Caergeliog.
This parish formerly embraced ecclesiastically several other
townships. Indeed there is so much confusion in this respect
that it is almost impossible to determine to what parish a cer-
tain township belonged at any given period. In Llandderfel
(Llanddervel) is the estate or farm of Gwern y Brechtwn, or
Owl's Brindle Bush, belonging to the Lloyds, ancestors to the
Foulke Family, of Gwynedd, Edward Price, or Rees, Han-
nah, wife of Rees John William, of Merion, and other early set-
tlers of Pennsylvania. Fron Goch, the home of the Owen
Family, of Merion, and the Evans Family, of Gwynedd, was
mostly in Llandderfel, although partly, for church purposes, in
Llanfor Parish. Other large estates are : Rhiwlas, Plasynghro-
gen, once belonging to another family of Lloyd, and Palau,
formerly the property of still another race of that name.

Southwest, at the very limit of Llyn Tegid, stretches
Llanuwchllyn, called anciently Llanuwchllyn Tegid, and con-
taining the townships of Pen Aran, Tref Prys, or Brysg, Pen-
nant, Llivr, Tref Gastell and Cynllwd.

The above described five parishes are all in the old hun-
dred of Penllyn, and are within five miles of Bala. In this part
of Merionethshire the townships were often named after the
chief estate which they contained ; these estates were divided
into farms of various sizes, each one of which was usually
known by some name derived either from a peculiarity of the
locality, a tradition, or the mere idle fancy of some farmer, land-
lord or tenant.

60 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Two of the most considerable persons amongst the resi-
dents of this locality in the year 1681 were John ap Thomas
and Doctor Edward Jones, the leaders of the Merion Com-
pany.

" John ap Thomas, of Llaithgwm, Commott of Pennllyn
in the County of Merioneth, gentleman," as the old manu-
script records name him, became a member of the Society of
^ *j Friends in the year 1672. Hugh

GprWl ~^z/C0tt\tJLA Roberts, his neighbor and friend
J & from his childhood, says of him:

"In the year 1672 he came to Friends' Meeting and was
thoroughly convinced of God's truths, and he gave up in
obedience to the Heavenly Father's call, though it was a time
of great suffering ; the first two meetings he was at he was
fined £ 1 5, for which the informer took from him two oxen, and
a horse that was valued to be worth j£n, and returned noth-
ing back.

" The appearance of Truth was so precious to him that
he did not only make profession of it, but was also willing
to suffer for its sake, which he did valiantly. When this
faithful man first came among us it was the hottest time of
persecution that we ever underwent. The chief informer be-
ing a cunning, subtile man, seeing that the high constables and
petty constables were something backward to execute his
warrants, intended to have been the high constable so that he
might make a quick despatch.

" Most of the great men, being willing to assist John ap
Thomas in what they could, this good man went to one of the
Justices that was moderate, and requested that he might ac-
cept of him to be the high constable, which was granted. So
the informer went on and informed against Friends, and when
he got a warrant he brought it to the high constable accord-
ing to his orders ; so he received his warrant, time after time,
and would tell the informer to go about his business, that he
was responsible for them.

"Among other manuscripts which have been preserved by
the descendants of John ap Thomas are the original records

The Merioneth Adventurers. 61

of the sufferings of himself and other Friends, these mem-
oranda having been made by him at the time of their occur-
rence. They show, beside the one already given, that in many
instances he had property taken from him for tithes, for re-
fusing to swear. Among them is the following : In the year
1674, about the 20th day of the Fourth-month, Harry Parry,
parson of Llanthervol, he and his men came to the ground of
John ap Thomas and demanded lambes tithes ; and when the
said John ap Thomas was not free to give him tithes he sent
his men abroad to hunt for the lambs, and at length they found
them in one end of the barn where they used to be every
night, and they took out the best 5 out of 21 for tithes; and
for the tithe corn they took of the corn I cannot tell how
much."

Edward Jones, of Bala, a skillful physician, was born
about 1645. Joining the Society
^V)j*|^VJL^&wlJJ^'"^ °^ friends he suffered the same
Cr * cruel persecution as his neighbor

John ap Thomas. Both men were loved and trusted by their
kinsmen and acquaintances in Wales, many of whom were
reckoned the greatest families in these parts. It was, therefore,
only natural that the Quakers of Penllyn, having their faces
turned toward Pennsylvania, should have selected such men
as these for the leaders and trustees of the Company of Adven-
turers which they set about to organize. In order to secure the
advantages and privileges of a first choice offered by Penn to
purchasers of lots of 5000 acres or more, the Penllyn Friends
decided to have John ap Thomas and Dr. Edward Jones take
out a patent for that quantity of land, which they agreed to ap-
portion, subsequently, among themselves.

Arrangements having accordingly been made, and the
purchase money, being one hundred pounds, duly forwarded
to the Proprietor, by the hands of Richard Davies, the patent
therefor (termed a " Lease and Release") was signed by the
Founder and dated the 16th and 17th day of September, 168 1,
and the full amount of five thousand acres of land, to be laid
out in the Province of Pennsylvania was duly transferred to

62 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

John ap Thomas, of Llaethgwm, yeoman, and Edward Jones,
of Bala, " chirurgeon," who were to act as trustees. The con-
ditions of this purchase, regarding town lots, liberty lands,
head lands, etc., was precisely similar to those accompanying
other patents in the Welsh Tract. This company was also, it
would seem, party to the specific agreement with the Proprie-
tor regarding the proposed Welsh Barony.

Seventeen Friends had contributed toward the purchase
money, and each was to have his just proportion of the land
patented. The amounts which each man contributed, and his
proportion of quit rent, are mentioned in the following quaint
old list taken from the original document formerly in the pos-
session of a descendant of one of these early Welshmen1.

'In a patent from William Penn, bearing date 3d day of the Eleventh-month
(January), 1703, confirming to the sons of John ap Thomas their father's Penn-
sylvania estate, the 16th and 17th of September, 1681, are recited as the dates of
the original grant; and of John ap Thomas's 1250 acres, one-half are named as
in the Township of Merion, County of Philadelphia, and the other 612% acres in
the Township of Goshen, in the County of Chester.

"An Indenture where several are concerned," bearing date " the first day of
April, in the four and thirtieth year of our sovereign Charles Second," recites
the conveyance of five thousand acres, by William Penn, to John ap Thomas and
Edward Jones. It states that there have been two severall Indentures ye one of
bargain and sale for one year, bearing date ye 16th day of September in the three
and thirtieth year of his majesty's reign ; the other . . . bearing date ye 17th
day of the same month and year, both made between William Penn and John ap
Thomas and Edward Jones ; that for and in consideration of the sum of One hun-
dred pound of good and lawful money of England to him in hand paid by Jne ap
T. & Edw. Jones he did grant . . . the full portion of five thousand acres of
land, ... ye first, within ye tract of land in the Province, in such manner
. . . as by certain concessions bearing date ye nth day of July then last past ;
paying one shilling for every hundred acres of ye said Five Thousand upon the
first day of March forever. . . .

It then recites that others than John ap Thomas and Edward Jones have con-
tributed towards this £,vx> of purchase-money, and that the said J. T: and E. J.
are as Trustees, they being personally responsible for the amounts to which they
have individually subscribed . . . that for the ^25 which John ap Thomas
has subscribed he shall have 1250 acres, and Edward Jones in like proportion ;
and that the residue of the land is to be of equal goodnesse. And should John
ap Thomas happen to die before ye said Edward Jones that E. J. should take no
benefit of survivorship.

Signed A. D. 1682,

by David Davies,
(for his loving friend in Edward Jones absence).

The Merioneth Adventurers,

"An account of wt sum of money every ffriend in Penllyn
hath Layd out to buy land in Pensylvania & wt quantity of
Acres of Land each is to have and wt sum of Quit Rent falls
upon every one."

ounds.

Acres.

Quit Rent.

John Tho'

25-

os. od.

1250.

12s. 6d.

Hugh Robt.

12.

10. 0.

625.

• 3-

Edd Jones

5. 0.

312^.

Robt. David

5. 0.

3J2K-

Evan Rees

5. 0.

312^.

John Edd

5. 0.

3I2J^.

Edd Owen

5. 0.

3I2J^.

Will Edd

2. 6.

156*.

Edd Rees

2. 6.

156^.

Will Jones

2. 6.

156^.

Tho Rich

2. 6.

156^.

Rees John W.

2. 6.

I56#.

Tho. Lloyd

2. 6.

156%:.

Cadd Morgan

2. 6.

I56#.

John Watkin

2. 6.

156^.

Hugh John

2. 6.

156^.

Gainor Robt.

2. 6.

156^.

£100. o. o. 5000. £2. 10

The tract purchased was immediately deeded by the trus-
tees to those interested. The deeds were probably executed
at Bala, but certainly in Wales, and the Merionethshire resi-
dence, and the occupation or profession of each grantee is im-
partially set forth. The conveyances were recorded at Phila-
delphia1 in Deed Book C. I., and are as follows :

1682. ACRES.

1 April, John Thomas, Llaithgwm Parish, Llanvawr,
yeoman,
Edward Jones, Bala, chyrurgion,

28 Feb., Hugh Roberts, township of Ciltalgarth, yeo-
man,

18 May, Robert David, Gwern Evel Ismynydd, yeo-
man,

1250
312^

625
312^

'It is of course understood that these deeds do not contain any description, or
locate the land purchased, as it was necessary to obtain a warrant of survey in
Pennsylvania, and have the various tracts laid out to the purchasers.

64 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1682. ACRES.

8 " Evan Rees, Penmaen, Grocer, 3I2/6

8 " John ap Edwards, Nantlleidiog, yeoman, 312/^

April, Edward Owen, late of Doleysorre, gentle-
man, 3I2/4
William ap Edward, Ucheldri, yeoman, I56/i
" Edward Rees, Kiltalgarth, yeoman, 156 %
" William John, Bettws, yeoman, l5^/i
" Thomas Richard, Nantlleidiog, yeoman, 146J4
" Rees John William, Llanglynin, yeoman, 156%
" Thomas Lloyd, Llangower, yeoman, lS^/i
" Cadwallader Morgan, Gwernefel, yeoman, 156%
" John Watkins, Gwernefel, " Batchiler," 156^
8 Mar. Hugh John, Nantlleidiog, yeoman, l5^/i
April, Gainor Robert, Kiltalgarth, spinster, 156%
The witnesses to these deeds were : Daniel Jones, Robert
Owen (of Fron Goch), William John, Rees Evan, Thomas
John, William ap Edward (to his brother's deed), Griffith
Evan, John Lloyd, Robert Lloyd. Of the above named
grantees, several never landed upon Pennsylvania soil.

John ap Thomas, who had for many years been an in-
valid, died in England just as he was about to sail for the New
World, 3d of Third-month, 1683, and was buried at Havod
Vadog, Penllyn, but his wife, Katherine Robert, as she was
usually called, after the Cymric custom, came hither with her
grown-up children, and settled upon her husband's lands. Her
house, called " Gelli Yr Cochiaid" — "the grove of the red
partridges" — lay due north of Narberth Station. An account of
this family, some members of whom still hold the land, will be
found upon another page. Evan Rees sold out his interest in
the company, but his son, Rees Evan, of Penmaen, came out

to Merion in later years. Thomas
Lloyd, of Llangower (son of John
Lloyd, of that place), died in Wales,
leaving his lands in Pennsylvania to his nephew, John Roberts,
who was the son of his brother, Robert Lloyd. This farm, in
Merion, afterwards passed into the hands of John Roberts, of
Pencoyd. Edward Owen had a deed for another tract of land
which was surveyed for him on Duck Creek, New Castle

The Merioneth Adventurers. 65

County, where he settled, having sold his Merion plantation
to his brother, Dr. Griffith Owen. He was the son of Robert
Owen, of Dolserey, near Dolgelly, Merionethshire, and Jane,
his wife, daughter of the celebrated antiquary Robert Vaughan,
of Hengwrt. Edward Owen was direct in descent from Lewis
Owen1, Baron of the Exchequer of North Wales, who was
murdered, in 1555, in the woods at Dinas Mowdry, in Merion-
ethshire.

William John, alias Jones, died either on shipboard or di-
rectly after his arrival in Merioneth. His nuncupative will was
proved First-month 1, 1685, at Philadelphia2, he being "late
of Merionethshire." He mentions his son, John Williams, and
daughters, Alice, Katherine and Gwen Williams. He also re-
fers to his deceased wife, Ann Reynolds. Hugh Roberts and
John Roberts are executors.

Thomas Richard, alias Prichard, of Nantlleidiog, is be-
lieved to have died in Wales. Katherine Robert, who was a
sister to Hugh Roberts, and daughter of Robert Pugh, was
married, soon after her arrival, to John Roberts, from Caernar-
vonshire, and much concerning her will be found under
Roberts, of Pencoyd, and Roberts, of Chestnut Hill.

Regarding the social standing of this particular body of
colonists, little can be said beyond that stated elsewhere con-
cerning the Welsh settlers as a class. They were for the most
part of a rank known now as " gentlemen farmers" ; well edu-
cated, and the penmanship, not only of the men, but of the
women and children also, was remarkably good. Very many
of these persons were free-holders in their native country, and
their fathers, uncles or near kindred are frequently found as
such ; others, it appears, resided upon leased lands ; many
upon the estate of Colonel Roger Price, of Rhiwlas, to whom
some of them were distantly related. Sometimes these Mer-
ionethshire families had lived upon the same farms for many
generations, and had therefore become much attached to their

'See pedigree elsewhere. This family of Owen is not to be confused with
the Owen family of Merion, whose genealogy is given on another page.
"Will Book A, p. 34.

66 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

old homes and surroundings ; in such cases it must have been
hard for them to leave for ever their friends and kindred, and
prepare for their home in the New World. Dr. Edward Jones
was, it would seem, one of the most active of the party, and no
sooner did he finish the business of conveying the lots held by
John Thomas and himself to their respective owners, than he
departed with his family and such Friends as were ready, to
Pennsylvania. He arrived some time before Penn, in August,
1682. The good ship "Lyon," John Compton, Master, must
be accorded the honor of bringing this first body of Welshmen
hither. This vessel arrived at Philadelphia, or rather in the
Delaware, 13th of Sixth-month (August), 1682. On board
were : Dr. Edward Jones, his wife Mary and children ; William
ap Edward, wife Jane, and two daughters by his first wife;
Edward Rees and family and probably William John and Cad-
wallader Morgan. The balance of the company arrived at in-
tervals during the next few years, the first comers bringing
powers of attorney from them to occupy their land.

It has been stated that there were in all forty on the
" Lyon" ; but it is presumed that many of these were servants.
Regarding the voyage, the arrival of the " Lyon" passengers,
and the preparations made by them to settle, the following
letter from Dr. Edward Jones to his friend John ap Thomas,
gives us much information :

" These ff or his much esteemed friend John ap Thomas, of
Llaithgwm neer Bala in Merionethshire, North Wales, to be left
with Job Boulten att the Boult and tun in Lumber Street, Lon-
don, and from thence to William Sky, Butcher, in Oswestrie, to
be sent as above directed and via London — with speed.

" My endeared fr'd and brother my heart dearly salutes
thee, in a measure of ye everlasting truth dear fr'd hoping that
these few lines may find thee in health or no worster yn I left
thee.

"This shall lett thee know that we have been aboard
eleaven weeks before we made the land (it was not for want of art
but contrary winds) and one we were in coming to Upland, ye
town is to be buylded 15 or 16 miles up ye River. And in all
this time we wanted neither meate, drink or water though
several hogsheds of water run out. Our ordinary allowance

The Merioneth Adventurers. 67

of beer was three pints a day for each whole head and a quart
of water ; 3 biskedd a day & some times more. We laid in
about half hundred of biskedd, one barrell of beere, one hogs-
hed of water — the quantity for each whole head, & 3 barrells
of beefe for the whole number — 40— and we had one to come
ashoare. A great many could eat little or no beefe though it
was good. Butter and cheese eats well upon ye sea. Ye re-
mainder of our cheese & butter is little or no worster ; butter
& cheese is at 6d per lb. here if not more. We have oatmeale
to spare, but it is well, yt we have it, for here is little or no
corn till they begin to sow their corn, they have plenty of it.
The passengers are all living, save one child, yt died of a
surfeit. Let no frds tell that they are either too old or too
young, for the Lord is sufficient to preserve both to the utter-
most. Here is an old man about 80 years of age ; he is rather
better yn when he sett out, likewise here are young babes do-
ing very well considering sea diet. We had one tun of water,
and one of drinke to pay for at Upland, but ye master would
faine be pd for 13 or 14 hogsheds yt run out by ye way, but
we did not, and about 3 quarters of Tunn of Coales we p'd
for ; we laid in 3 Tun of Coales and yields no profit here. We
are short of our expectation by reason that ye town is not to
be builded at Upland, neither would y" Master bring us any
further, though it is navigable for ships of greater burthen than
ours. Ye name of town lots is called now Wicoco ; here is a
Crowd of people striving for ye Country land, for ye town lot
is not divided, & therefore we are forced to take up ye Country
lots. We had much adoe to get a grant of it, but it Cost us 4
or 5 days attendance, besides some score of miles we traveled
before we brought it to pass. I hope it will please thee and
the rest yt are concerned, for it hath most rare timber, I have
not seen the like in all these parts, there is water enough be-
side. The end of each lot will be on a river as large or larger
than the Dye at Bala, it is called Skool Kill River. I hope
the Country land will within this four days [be] surveyed out.
The rate for surveying 100 Acres [was] twenty shilling, but I
hope better orders will be taken shortly about it. . . . The
people generally are Swede, which are not very well acquainted.
We are amongst the English which sent us both venison and
new milk, & the Indians brought venison to our door for six
pence ye quarter. And as for ye land we look upon it (as)
a good and fat soyl generally producing twenty, thirty, and
fourty fold. There are stones to be had enough at the falls of
the Skool Kill, that is where we are to settle, & water enough

68 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

for mills, but thou must bring Mill stones and ye Irons that
belong to it, for Smiths are dear. Iron is about two and thirty
or fourty shillings per hundred; steel about is. 6d. p.l. Ye
best way is to make yn picken axes when ye come over, for
they cannot be made in England, for one man will work with
ym as much as two men with ours. Grindle Stones yield
good profit here; ordinary work men hath is. 6d. a day. Car-
penters 3 or four shillings a day ; here are sheep, but dear,
about twenty shillings a piece. I cannot understand how they
can be carried from England. . . Taylors hath 5s. & 6s. a
day. . . I would have you bring salt for ye present use ;
here is coarse salt, sometimes two measures of salt for one of
wheat, and sometimes very dear. Six penny and eight penny
nails are most in use, horse shoes are in no use, good large
shoes are dear ; lead in small bars is vendible, but guns are
cheap enough. . . . They plow, but very bungerly, & yet
they have some good stone. They use both hookes and
sickles to reap with. . . . Time will not permit me to write
much more for we are not settled. I (send) my dear love and
my wife's unto thyselfe and thy dear wife and the rest of my
dear friends, H. Ro. ; Rich. P. Evan Rees ; J. ap E. Elizabeth
Williams E. & J. Edd ; Gainor R. ; Ro. On. ; Jo Humphrey ;
Hugh J. Tho. ; and the rest of fr'ds as if named.
I remaine thy Lo' friend & Bro. while I am,

Edd Jones.

My wife desires thee to buy her one Iron Kettle 3s. or 3s.
6d ; 2 paire of shoes for Martha, and one paire for Jonathan,
let them be strong and large ; be sure and put all ye goods in
cases if they be dry they keep well, otherwise they will get
damp and mouldy. ...

this is ye 2nd letter, Skool Kill River,
Ye 26th of ye 6mo., 1682.

This plot of land or " country lot " which Dr. Jones thus
particularly describes, is mentioned, as we have observed, in
Holmes's map of 1682. It was bounded south by "The Lib-
erty Lands of Philadelphia City" and lands of Charles and
Thomas Lloyd1, John ap John2, Richard Daviess, and John
Bevan4 ; and by the Liberty Lands and the Schuylkill River,

"Of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire.
20f Rhuabon, Denbighshire.
30f Welch Poole, Montgomeryshire.
Of Treverig, Glamorganshire.

The Merioneth Adventurers. 69

north by William Sharlow, and west by said Lloyd's land and
that of John Roberts1. The commencement of the tract was at
short distance above Falls of Schuylkill, and extended west-
ward and northward for several miles along the river shore,
and back to almost, if not quite, the present Montgomery ave-
nue, near the Merion Meeting-House, whilst below it overlapped
that line. Dr. Edward Jones was soon followed by other mem-
bers of the company.

The experience of these first arrivals must indeed have
been a trying one, judging from the following account of their
hardships during the first year, written in an ancient Bible be-
longing to one of them. This old manuscript says : " In the
fall of 1682 William ap Edwards with his family Edw. Jones,
Ed. Rees, Robert Davis and many others settled on the west
side of Schuylkill Six or seven miles distant from the city,
there dug caves, walled them and dwelt therein a considerable
time where they suffered many hardships in the beginning the
next season being wet and rainy about (at the time of) their
barley harvest they could not get their grain dry to stack be-
fore it swelled and it began to sprout rendering it unfit for
bread. They were in their necessities supplied by the natives
(Indians) with venison and wild fowl. Their first cows to milk
were obtained from New Castle, Del. (then Pennsylvania), and
divided among the neighbors, and not having inclosures for
them they were obliged to tie them with rope of grape vine
some to a tree or stake driven into the ground, there being
plenty of grass and sweet weeds. The Lord blessed them and
enabled them to bear their difficulties for a time and blessed
their labor with great success in raising grain and every sup-
port they could wish for."

Indeed, this little colony of Welshmen were so thrifty that
a traveler writing in 1708 speaks of them as the best planters
in the province ; certainly a great compliment. This excel-
lence was, it would seem, in a great measure due to their edu-
cation. They were, without doubt, the best informed people

'Of Penn y Clwyd, Denbighshire ; he is not to be confused with John Rob-
erts, of Llyn, Caernarvonshire, who called his farm Pencoid.

70 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

at that time in Pennsylvania ; and among them were several
men of considerable learning, not only in English and Welsh
branches but in the Classics. Well educated themselves, they
intended that their children should be so. Schoolmasters of
acknowledged ability were invited from Wales, the first of
whom, perhaps, was John Cadwalader, then a youth, who after-
wards rose to rank and importance among the colonists. Cad-
walader, who soon gave up teaching in Merion for a merchant's
life in Philadelphia, was followed by others of like ability, and
thus the natural intelligence of this people was fostered and
preserved. By ten years after the first Welshmen had planted
themselves on Pennsylvania soil, a considerable change had
taken place in this portion of the " Great Welsh Tract."

Not a few from old Merionethshire had joined them, some
had returned, and many had been laid at rest forever under
the shade of the virgin forest they came to clear away. Among
the most important neighbors by 1692 were John Humphrey,
Thomas Jones (his cousin), Robert Owen, John Roberts, Row-
land Ellis, Griffith John, Joshua Owen, John Owen, Thomas
Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, Frances Howell, Frances Lloyd, James
Thomas and Morris Llewellyn, all of whom we shall speak of
elsewhere. A few of these were grantees of the Lloyd Tract>
of which Charles Lloyd of Dolobran and Margaret Davies
were the patentees. In the years that followed the descend-
ants of these men were among the most distinguished Penn-
sylvanians of their day.

The changes in titles, in so small a tract of land as old
Merioneth Town, were considerable, because the colonists were
constantly buying or selling. The following, from the Board
of Property books, although rather incomplete, shows the dif-
ference between the landholders in Merion in 1682 and 1701,
a period of nineteen years.

In 1701, " 22nd iobr," the Board of Property having con-
vened at Philadelphia, it was stated that in pursuance of an
order of the Board issued the 1st instant " for taking some
Measures to regulate the Welsh Tract, some of the Chiefs of
that Nation in this Province having met and concerted the

The Merioneth Adventurers. 71

Methods to be taken in order to the Regulations aforesaid, —
It was agreed, " That in as much as the Welsh Purchasers of
the Propr'ry were, by large Quantities of acres in one Pair by
Deeds, granted to one or two Persons only, under which sev-
eral other Purchasers had a Share ; the Gen'l Deeds of one
Purchase should be first brought in with an acc't of all other
Persons who had a Share in such Purchase, also an account in
whose possession the Respective Lands of every under Pur-
chase now are" — " and accordingly the Propr'ry Deeds to John
ap Thomas and Edward Jones for 5,000 acres was brought in
(to the Board) with all such necessary acc'ts." These accounts
show that there had been a very considerable change in the
ownership of the Merion Company's tract since 1682. The
proportion of acres originally surveyed in Merion was held in
1 70 1 as follows, the amount held in Goshen being also given :

Hugh Roberts,

Robert Roberts,

Owen Roberts,

Edward Rees,

Dr. Edward Jones,

Edward Jones, Jr.,

Robert David,

Richard Walter,

Richard Rees, alias Jones,

Cadwallader Morgan,

John Roberts, Pencoid,

Hugh Jones,

Griffith John,

Robert William, 76%

Ellis David, 151^

Thomas Jones, ") left them by their

Robert Jones, V father, John 6i2}4 6i2j^

Cadwallader Jones, J ap Thomas,

John Roberts, cordwainer, Goshen, 78 %

MERION.

GOSHEN.

200

205^

158%
274J<

353

158^

234^

IOO

137^

202 ^

76^
,768^

230

194

It will be noticed that the landholders have increased from
fifteen to nineteen.

There are some strangers. Richard Walter is one of them.
Ellis David is another. John Roberts, cordwainer, who had

72 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

&&f>

sold his inherited land in Merion to John Roberts, gentleman,
holds under this patent but in Goshen, as does Robert William,
another new comer. Griffith John, sometimes called Griffith

Jones, has purchased 194 acres in
/5l£a4^, Merion. He was first cousin of
Robert Owen, of Merion, and a
very prominent person. Of twelve
of the original members of the Merion Company we have not
spoken. Of these twelve, three — John Thomas, Dr. Edward
Jones and Hugh Roberts — are mentioned very fully elsewhere
in this book. Of some of the remaining members, Rees John
William, John and William ap Edward, Edward Rees, Cadwal-
lader Morgan and Hugh John Thomas, biographical sketches
are given in the pages immediately following.

REES JOHN WILLIAM1, OF MERION, OTHERWISE
REES JONES, AND HIS DESCENDANTS. "

Rees ap John ap William, or Rees John William as he
was usually called, following the peculiarities of Welsh nomen-
C clature, was a son of John, who was a

( y\£^J Jfofh/ son of William2. His children assumed
0 as a surname that of Jones, being the

given name of their grandfather anglicized. John William,
the father of Rees, was born about the year 1590. In 166 1
he was living in the Parish of Llangelynin, in Merionethshire,
and was a sufferer on account of his religious belief, being one
of the Christian people called Quakers. He is believed to
have had but three children, Evan John, Rees John and Mar-
garet. The latter was doubt-
/l /) less the Margaret John Wil-

/] ' liam whose certificate of re-

"" moval, dated 27th of Fifth-

month, 1683, is recorded in Radnor (Pa.) Meeting books.
Evan John was probably the oldest son ; he died soon after
arriving in the colony. The record of his burial in Merion
Meeting book is as follows: " Evan John William abt the 10th
of the Eleventh month, 1683." He left a son, Robert John or
Jones, who was identified with Gwynedd.

Rees John, in the year 1682, having determined to leave
his old home and remove to Penn's infant colony, became a
purchaser of land in the Welsh Tract. The conveyance to
him is recorded at Philadelphia, in Deed Book C, page 1, 234,

-fc£<

'This sketch of Rees John William was prepared by Howard Williams Lloyd,
Esq., of Germantown, a descendant.

2There is reason to suppose that he is identical with one William ap Hum -
phrey.

w. T. — 10.

74 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

under date of Fourth-month 21, 1684. The date of the deed
is April 1, 1682, for 156^ acres; price, £3, 2s. 6d. The
grantors are John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, County Merioneth,
yeoman, and Edward Jones, of Bala, County Merioneth, chy-
rurgion. The grantee is called Rees John Williams, of Llan-
glynin, County Merioneth, yeoman. The witnesses are John
Lloyd, Griffith Evan, Robert Lloyd, Reece Evan and Wil-
liam John.

In 1684, being a member in good standing of the relig-
ious Society of Friends, he applied to his Quarterly Meeting
for a certificate of removal. It being in the quaint form used
in those early times, it is here given in full :

To or Deare frinds in the Province of Pennsylvania in America.

Dearly beloued frinds.
These are to certifie you that or honest and Antient frinde
Rees John of Iscregenan in the County of Merioneth, or bro-
ther and companion in Bonds & great Psecutions, hath stood
and continued faithfull to trueth and to his Principles valiently
from the Begining of trueth appearance in that part of the said
County, where he lived, he was plaine, serious, and honest,
and his wife Hanah likewise a good honest plaine Louing
tender-hearted woman, Serviceable and faithfull in her place
and Calling, we recomend them unto yo° in the tender loue,
hoping that their removal & Cominge over to yoa will be to
the mutuall Comfort & Consolation of you and them, likewise,
Soe pray & ernestly wish yor Brotheren & Sisters in trueth,
whose names are vndr written.

Dated att or Quarterly meeting near dogelley the 4th of
ye 2nd month 1684.

A\ n Richard Jones

> /L/?.~,*/le^ -J~\ftt/L- John wilIiam

Lewis Owen
Humphrey Owen
Owen Humphrey David Jones

Owen Lewis Kathrine Price

Hugh Rees Jane Robert

Reece Evan Ellin Ellis

Rowland Ellis Agnes Hugh

Rowland Owen & others.

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Rees John William. 75

Having set sail on the ship " Vine of Leverpoole," Wil-
liam Preeson, Master, Rees John, his wife Hannah, and their
sons Richard and Evan, and one daughter Lowry, arrived in
Philadelphia the 17th of Seventh-month, 1684, from " Doly-
serne near dolgules" (Dolserau, Dolgunuchaf and isaf, places
near Dolgelly, Merionethshire).

Hannah, wife of Rees John, was of a good family, a woman
of character, and interested in the religious society of which
she was a member. She was a daugh-
ter of Richard ap Griffith ap Rhys. He
had assumed the surname of Price, and
at the time of his death was a resident
of the Parish of Llanfawr, County Mer-
oneth. He was a member of Penllyn
Meeting, held near Bala. His name
appears often signed to papers issuing
from that meeting, such as certificates
of removal, etc. His name is the first
of those signed to that of Cadwalader «"*»««""■
Morgan, of " Gwernfell " (Gwernevel Llanycil-Bala), who was
one of Richard Price's sons-in-law and a purchaser of land in
the Welsh Tract. To show the sincerity of these Quaker wor-
thies in their religious belief, the will of Richard Price is here
given in full.

Extracted out of the District Registry attached to the
Probate Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice at
St. Asaph :

Let all such unto whom this may concern, know that
whereas I Richard Price, of Glanlloidiogin in the Parish of
Llanfor in the county of Merioneth, husbandman, being . . .
and weak in body but of good and perfect memory, blessed be
the Lord, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament
as followeth, my body soul and spirit I have given up unto the
Lord, with which I have glorified God, which all are the Lords
and have long been given up unto him, and now I do com-
mend my body, soul, and spirit unto my Saviour and Re-
deemer's hands, for all is his, and I die in the Lord, in whom
I lived and moved and had my being, a true and real Protest-
ant Christian and a member of the true reformed Church in

j6 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

the St. Jesus as was in the Apostles days before Apostacy was,
of which Church Christ Jesus was and is the holy head and
husband, mediator Redeemer, and Saviour, and no pope nor
false Christian, by whom I have been a great sufferer, for bear-
ing a true testimony unto the holy name of my God, In whom
I trust. Likewise I do give and bequeath unto my eldest son
Edward Price, the sum of five pounds if by him demanded
within the space and term of five years after the day of my de-
cease. I do also give and bequeath unto my eldest daughter
Jane the now wife of Cadwalader Morgan the sum of two
pounds, and also unto my daughter Hannah, the now wife of
Rees John William, the like sum of two pounds, and I do also
give and bequeath unto my Grandchild William John, the sum
of twenty shillings to be paid unto him at his being of the age
of twelve years with the lawful use from the time of my de-
cease if he be then alive, otherwise to his sister Catherine by
Father and Mother. I do also give and bequeath unto my
Grandchild Catherine John being both the children of John
William, the like sum of twenty shillings, to be paid unto her
at her being of the age of twelve years with the lawful use from
the time of my decease if she be then living, otherwise unto
my aforenamed grandchild. I do bequeath and declare that
it is my will that the sum of Ten Shillings be paid into the
hands of Rees Evans, to be disposed of to such use and con-
cerns of truth as shall be judged most convenient by the
monthly meeting of friends of truth (by the world called Qua-
kers) in Penllin, Merionethshire. I do also nominate and ap-
point my dear son Thomas ab Richard to be my sole and only
Executor of this my last Will and Testament, to enjoy the resi-
due of my Estates these legacies being by him paid, and for the
better enabling him so to do, I give and bequeath unto him all
my temporal estate, moveable and immoveable revoking and
disannulling all other will or wills heretofore by me made. As
Witnesseth my hand and seal this six and twentieth day of the
eleventh month commonly called January Anno Domi, 1685.
The mark and seal of

Richard Price [seal]

Signed, sealed in the presence and sight of Edward Nich-
olas, Thomas ap Robert, Lowry vch Thomas, Rees Evans,
Cadwalader Elis.

(Proved 1686.)

Thomas ap Richard, the son and sole executor, renounced
all his right and title to the executorship, and administration

Rees John William. jj

(with the will) was granted to Edward Nicholas1, of Kynlas,
near Bala, yeoman, one of the deceased's relations. Bonds-
men— Thomas Richard, of Llanllidrog, Llandderfel, and
Thomas Edward, of the same place.

From this interesting document3 is gathered the fact that
Edward Price, the eldest son, assumed the same surname as
that of his father, while Thomas, the youngest son, adhered to
the ancient Welsh mode of taking his father's given name for
his surname. Edward Price had removed to Pennsylvania
some years previous to the date of his father's death, while
Thomas ap Richard remained at his old home in Wales. Many
of the early settlers in Merion brought with them carefully pre-
served copies of manuscript pedigrees showing their descent
from the ancient tribes of Wales, the Welsh taking a special
pride in matters of this kind. Edward Price, after being in his
new home some years, and desiring to know something of his
family, he having neglected to bring with him such account,
wrote over to a friend in Wales for it. Parts of it are now hard
to decipher. It, as much as can be made out, is given here :

My old friend Edward Prees (alias Price) hath w . . .
(written) in his letter to Thomas Lloyd, Requesting to send

"Edward Nicholas, who was a relative of Richard Price, and a resident of the
township of Cynlas, Parish of Llandderfel, was born in 1647, and baptized on the
28th day of September of that year. (Llandderfel Parish Registers.) He doubt-
less was a son of Nicholas ap Edward, who was assessed for land of the value of
XXs in the Parish of Llanycil-Bala in the Subsidy List for 1636, " Yeare Anno
R's Caroli nunc Anglie," &c, &c, " duodecimo 1636." Thomas Edward, of Cyn-
las, one of the bondsmen named above, was a son of Edward ap John, of Cynlas,
who was buried March I, 1667. (Llandderfel Parish Registers.) He (Thomas
ap Edward) was a brother to John ap Edward, Evan ap Edward and William ap
Edward, emigrants to the Welsh Tract. (See infra.) They, as well as Edward
Nicholas, were probably descended from Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of Penllyn, temp.
1072 to 1 133. The descent of Nicholas ab Edward was as follows: "Nicholas
ab Edward ab Watkin of Garth Llwyd in Llanddervel (Watkin buried 22 Febru-
ary 1610-11 at Llanddervel) ab Edward ab John Wynn of D6l Derlwyn, in the
same parish ab Ieuan ab Maredydd fifth son of Tudor ab Goronwy ab Howel y
Gadair of Cadair Benllyn, ab Gruffydd ab Madog ab Iorwerth ab Madog ab Rhirid
Vlaidd (Flaidd) Lord of Penllyn. (Arms vert a chevron inter three wolf's heads
erased Argent, langued gules.)" — History of Powys Fadog, Vol. VI., p. 84.

*It will be remarked that the legacies in this and other wills, to one of the
sons (the eldest) and to the daughters, are insignificant. This was because they
had doubtless all been provided for at the time of their marriage, or at age.
Edward Price, the eldest son, was also called Preese (ap Rees), or Rees, the name
of his grandfather.

78 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

him some intelligence of his Pedigree. I know but a little
thereof at this time but give him this much while he stays for
more.

Edward Price son of Richard, son of Griffith son of Re . .
(Rees) .... (I Know) no more than this of his Father's
side these were own .... (ers) of that Land where you
have seen William ap Robert . . . (live) . . . and

the name of that land is Tyddin Tyfod, (alias

And the mother of Rees Prichard, was Mary the D . . (augh-
ter of) . . . Thomas son of Robert, David Lloyd the son of

D(avid) Vaughan son of Griffith son of Evan

Son of Madock, the son of Ierwith the son of

Madock Flidd (Rhirid Flaidd) of Glan y

LLyn (alias) Lake's Bank .... these followed further
by Ann, John Vaughan of ... . Mein y (alias) Stone
Pen that comes over. The mother of Mary the daughter of
Thomas Lloyd of Gwern y Brychdwyn (alias Owlars Brindle
Bush), was Catharine the daughter of Robert, the son of Grif-
fith the son of Coch, or Red the son of Ddu (black Evan) the
son of David, the son of Einion, the son of Canwrig Vaughan,
the son of Canwrig, the son of Heilin, the son of Tyvid, the
son of Tago, the son of Ystwyth, the son of Marchwyth, the
son of Marcheithian of the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd (alias)
North Wals, from the Lord Is Aled. The mother of Cathe-
rine vch Robert or daughter of Robert, was Margaret the
daughter of Cadwalader, son of Rees Lloyd of Cydros. Lin-
ealy descending from Enion Ardudwy, the mother of Robert,
the son of Griffith, was marred the daughter of Tudor the son
of Ewan Lloyd of the Upper Plasin Llanfair (alias) Mary's
Church Dyffryn (or Valley Clywd). The mother of Griffith,
the son of Evan, the son of Coch (or Red) .... was

Gwenhwyfir the daughter of Thomas David

(or having one eye) of the Court in Fenel Hill. Lineally
.... (descending from the Lady Dulas (alias) Gray. The
mother . . . (Thom)as the son of Robert Lloyd of Gwern

Brychdwyn the daughter of Raynold the son

of Griffith the of Upper Branas, the mother of

Richard Griffith .... (Gwen)llian the daughter of Rees
of the House where . . .wen Lived1. For John Harry.

This pedigree was probably prepared about the year 1690,
certainly prior to 1700. Glan y LLyn, or Glanyllyn Tegid, is

'The above transcript was made from a copy in the possession of Gilbert Cope,
of West Chester.

Rees John William.

situated on the banks of Lake Bala. It was purchased by
David Lloyd, of Llanuwchllyn, from Jenkin ab Rhys ab
Howel, 19 Henry VII., 1504. It is now a shooting-box, and
in the possession of Sir Herbert Lloyd-Watkin-Williams-Wynn,
Bart. Gwern y Brychdwyn is an old-fashioned farm-house situ-
ated in the northern part of the parish of Llanderfel ; near by
is the farm called Tyddin Tyfod. By the alliance of Robert
Lloyd, of Gwern y Brychdwyn, in the township of Nant Freuer
(Foaming Brook), with one of the daughters of the house of
Branas Uchaf (Upper Branas) Llandrillo, a strain of English
royal blood is introduced, as follows :

l.=JOHN, KING of ENGLAND

b. 24 December, Il66, at Oxford ;
crowned 27 May, H99; d. 19
October, 1216, at Newark Castle,
County Notts.

2. ISABELLA

dr. and heiress of Ay-
mer Taillefer, Count
of Angouleme.

HENRY III.

b. 10 Oct., 1206;
d. 16 Nov., 1272.

Eleanor
2d dr. and coh.
of Raymond
Berenger, Count
of Provence.

ELEANOR=

Simon de Montfort, Earl
of Leicester.

EDWARD I.

b. 17 June, 1239;
d. 7 July, 1307.

= Eleanor, dr. of
Ferdinand III
of Castile.

Llewelyn =ELEANOR MONTFORT
ap Griffith,
Prince of
North

Wales.

ELEANOR = Henri, Count de Barr
I in France.

Philip ap Ivor
ap Cadivor.

= CATHARINE

ELEANOR de BARR

Llewelyn ap Owen
ap Merededd, from
Rhys ap Tudor,
Prince of South
Wales.

THOMAS AP LLEWELYN = ELEANOR

arms, Gules a lion rampant in a
border indented, or, armed and
langued, Gules.

ELEANOR
dr. and coh.

= Gruffydd Vychan IV.,
I Baron of Glyndyfrdwy.

80 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

| A B |

OWEN GLENDOWER TUDOR = Maud, dr. of Ieuf

b. circa 1345 | ap Howel ap Ada.

Lord of Gwyddelwern.

Gruffydd ap Einion, of = LOWRY only dr. and heiress.
Corsygedol, in Mer-
ionethshire.

ELLISSAU AP GRUFFYDD = Margaret, dr. and h. of

j Jenkin ap Ieuan.

LOWRY = Reinallt ab Grufiydd ab Rhys,
I of Branas Uchaf.

I
MARY = Robert Lloyd ap David Lloyd,

J of Gwern y Brychdwyn.

THOMAS LLOYD = Catharine v Robert

I ap Griffith.

I
MARY = Richard of Tyddyn Tyfod.

I
RHYS AP RICHARD

GRIFFITH AP RHYS =

RICHARD PRICE =
died 1685-86. 1

EDWARD JANE HANNAH dr. = John William THOMAS AP

PRICE married married Rees RICHARD.

alias Prees Cadwalader John William. alia* Prichard

and Rees. Morgan. and Price.

Rees John William, his wife Hannah, and their three child-
ren, Richard, Lowry and Evan Jones, settled on their farm as
laid out to them in Merion. The following children were
born to Rees and Hannah, in Pennsylvania — Jane, Ninth-
month 15th, 1685; John, Fourth-month 6th, 1688; Sarah,
Seventh-month 25th, 1690; Edward,

Margaret, Sixth-month 20th, 1697 ; Katharine, a twin with
John, died in infancy. Rees John William died on Eleventh-
month 26th, 1697, 1698, and was buried at Merion, in the
burial ground belonging to the Meeting. Richard Jones, the
eldest son, had left to him one hundred acres, being the home
plantation, he then being under age.

Rees John William. 8 1

"To Evan Jones and' John Jones, one hundred and fifty
acres of land taken up at Goshen." The will is dated " this
four and twenty day of ye eleventh month, 1697-8."

ye mark of Rees John William.

Proved March 4, 1702-3, Register of Wills office, Philad".
Book B, page 282.

Hannah Jones, the widow, married for her second hus-
band Ellis David, of Goshen, widower, at Merion Meeting,
Second-month 22, 1703. They resided in Goshen, where he
died in 1720, and was buried there on the 17th of First-
month. They had no children. He left issue by his first
wife. Again left a widow, Hannah married, for a third time,
Thomas Evans, of Gwynedd, on Tenth-month 14th, 1722.
He died, Tenth-month 12th, 1738, aged 87, at Goshen. She
survived him until Ninth- month 29th, 1741, when she de-
parted this life, aged 85, making the year of her birth 1656.

A Genealogical Sketch of the Children of Rees John
and Hannah his wife.

I. RICHARD JONES— b. 1679, d. 7-16-1771, aged 92, at Goshen. Mar-

ried twice.

1st. 4th-month-6-l70S, Jane Evans, b. d. 2-27-1711, at Merion.
Children — Reece, b. 2-4-1706, m. 1-23-1731 — 2 Amy Cock.

Ann, b. n-ll-1707, m. Goodwin.

Hannah, b. 11-8-1709 — 10.

2d. 1 7 18, Rebecca Vernon, widow of Thomas Garrett, she d. 12-
23-1748.

Children — Rebecca, b. 7-21-1719, m.
^^ s?& < — } William Rettew.

^\f*\«*T-*7 2*£&^*/ Deborah, b. 7-13-1721, m.

~» ^ John Cheyney.

Nehemiah, b. 7-21-1723, m., had Robert and Re-
becca.

II. LOWRY JONES— b. 1680-1, d. 11-25-1762, aged over 80, at Philada .

Married twice.

1st. 8th-month (Oct), 11-1698, at Merion. Robert Lloyd, b.
1669, d. 3d-month-20-l7i4, at Merion.

Children— Hannah, b. 9-21-1699, d. 1-15-
4/9 jo J Jfr-~* , '763- 1st m. 9-3-1720, John Roberts,

*£\&trv?T' iC&Qf d- 1721. 2d, m. 9-22-1722, William

^^S' Paschall, d. 1732. 3d m. 4-6-1734,

Peter Osborne, d. 1765.
Gwen, b. 8-20-1701, d. 1783, unmarried.
W. T.— II.

82 Merioti in the Welsh Tract.

Sarah, b 5-19-1703, d. 7-5-1739, m 10-5-1729, at

Merion, Gerard Jones, d. 3-21-1765.
Gaynor, b. 2-5-1705, d. 9-3-1728, m. 3-26-1727, at

Merion, Mordecai James, d. 12-15-1776.
David, b. 4-27-1707, d. , m. Anna .

Removed to North Carolina.
Rees, b. 4-25-1709, d. 2-5-1743, m. 12-12-1735, at

Philad ., Sarah Cox, d. 11-4-1775.
Robert, b. 8-25-1711, d. 8-27-1786, m. 6-21-1735,

at Gwynedd, Catharine Humphrey, d. 10-13-

1782.
Richard, b. 1-15-1713— 14, d. 8-9-1755, m. 9-24-

1736, at Darby, Hannah Sellers, d. 4-12-1810,

had Samuel, d. in infancy, Isaac, Hugh.
2d. J.2-month-l3-l7i6 — 17, at Merion. Hugh Evans, b.
1682, d. 4-6-1772, in Phila.
Children— Ann, b. 1-23-1718, d , m. 1-8-1744—5,

Samuel Howell.

Susanna, b. 11-25-1719— 20, d. 5-4-1801, m. 5-30-

1740, Owen Jones, d. 10-10-1793.
Abigail, believed to have died unmarried.

III. EVAN JONES— b. 1682—3, d. 1708, " buried at Merion, 7th day of

2d month, aged about 25 years." Unmarried.

In his will, dated lst-month-28-!7o8, proved
October I, 1708, at PhiladB., he leaves a
legacy to Merion Meeting.

IV. JANNE JONES— b. 9-15-1685, d. 8-27-1764. buried at Goshen,m. David

Davis, son of Ellis David, b. 10-14-1754.

Children — Hannah, b. 5-1-1710, m. 1732, John Ashbridge.
Richard, b. 3-3-1712, d. 1735.
Ellis, b. 10-24-1713, m. 1741, Lydia Ashbridge.
Sarah, b. 7-20-1 7 15, m. I737> Aaron Ashbridge.
Jonathan, b. 6-4-1717, m. 1742, Esther Haines.
Amos, b. 3-26-1719, m. 1745, Ann Pratt.
Susanna, b. 4-25-1721, m. 1741 , Thomas Hoopes.
Jane, b. m. 3-16-1745, Joseph Pratt.

Priscilla, b. m. 4-8-1749, Joseph Ashbridge.

V. CATHERINE JONES— b. 4-6-1688, d. infancy.

VI. JOHN JONES— b. 4-6-1688, d. 12-30-1774, m. 4-9-1713, at Gwynedd.

Jane Edward, d. 5-H-1758

(Removed to Gwynedd, and known as John
Jones, carpenter.)
Children — Hannah, m. William Foulke.
Catherine, d. infancy.
Margaret, d. 1745.

Priscilla, m. 3-20-1740, Evan Jones, of Merion.
Evan, m. Hannah Lawrence.

Jesse, m. Mary .

Katharine, d. 1741.
Jane, d. 1806.
Benjamin, d. infancy.
Ruth, d. infancy.

Rees John William. 83

VII. SARAH JONES— b. 7-25-1690, d. 3-28-1758, m. twice.

1st. 8^-2-1712, at Merion. Jacob Edge, b. 3-8-1690, d. 2-7-1720.
Children— Hannah, b. 6-18-1713, m. 9-18-1736, John Lea.

Jane, b. 9-3-1715, m. 2-26-1739, Thomas Parke,

and m. 8-10 1763, James Webb.
Abigail, d. 1 78 1, unmarried.
Sarah, d. 1728, infancy.

2d. 11-10-1721— 2, Caleb Cowpland, b. 1690, d. 10-12-1757,

at Chester.

Children — David, b. 10-31-1722.
Jonathan, b. 1724 — 5.
Agnes, b. 6-4-1727.
Caleb, b. 3-15-1730.
Grace, b. 12-18-1732 — 3, d. 10-17-1756.

VIII. EDWARD JONES— believed to have died in infancy.

IX. MARGARET JONES— b. 6-20-1697, d. Married twice.

1st. 10-16-1716, at Merion. Thomas Faschall, b. 7-22-1693.

Children — Margaret, m. Samuel Mather, John Watson, Daniel
Lewis.
Thomas, m. Ann Chandler, d. without issue.
Hannah, m. Isaac Roberts.
2d. I-61729- 30, George Ashbridge, d. 1748.

HOWARD WILLIAMS LLOYD.

COATES, TOWNSEND, TROTH AND OSBORNE BRANCHES.

I. Robert Lloyd, born in Wales, 1669 ; died in Merion, 1714 (see another

page), married in Merion, 1698, Lovvry Jones, daughter of Rees John
William, of Merion (see preceding article), and had issue, an eldest
daughter.

II. Hannah Lloyd, born in Merion, Pennsylvania, 1699 ; married first, John

Roberts, son of John Roberts and Elizabeth Owen, daughter of Owen
Humphrey (see Roberts and Humphreys). She married secondly, William
Paschal], son of Thomas Paschall and Margaret Jenkins ; and thirdly,
Peter Osborne.

By her first husband she bad : I, John Roberts, b. 6mo. 15th, 1721.

By her second husband she had five children : 1, Hannah ; 2, Margaret ; 3,
Joanna; 4, Elizabeth; 5, Sarah, m. Henry Troth.

By her third husband she had four children : I, Lydia ; 2, Peter ; 3, Charles ;
4, Ann.

III. Sarah Paschall, fifth daughter of William Paschall and Hannah Lloyd,

daughter of Robert, of Merion, and Lowry Jones, his wife, married 5th of
5th month, 1751, at Pikeland Meeting, Henry Troth, and had by him: I,
William; 2, Samuel, m. Ann Dixon, Widow; 3, Henry; 4, Elizabeth;
5, John ; 6, Sarah.

III. Peter Osborne, second child of Peter Osborne and Hannah Lloyd, mar-
ried, at Wilmington, Delaware, 8 month 7th, 1763, Elizabeth Stevens, and
had issue : i, Hannah ; 2, Lydia ; 3, Sarah ; 4,. Elizabeth, m. Peter Henri ;
5, Ann ; 6, Susan.

84 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

IV. Samuel Troth, second son of Henry Troth and Sarah Paschall, married,
loth month 2d, 1783, Ann Dixon, widow, and had: I, Elizabeth; 2,
Sarah Paschall ; 3, Ann B. ; 4, Henry; 5, Mary; 6, Samuel F.

IV. Elizabeth Osborne, fourth daughter of Peter Osborne and Elizabeth

Stevens, married, 18 December, 1789, in Second Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia, Peter Henri, son of Piene Henri and Henrietta his wife, and
had : I, Henrietta, m. Henry Troth; 2, Eliza; 3, Peter.

V. Henry Troth, fourth child of Samuel Troth and Ann Dixon, married, II

month 29th, 1816, Henrietta Henri, and had issue: I, Anna, m. George
Morrison Coates; 2, Eliza Henri, m. Joseph P. H. Coates; 3, William
Paschall, m. first, Emma M. Thomas, secondly, Clara G. Townsend ; 4>
Henrietta M., m. Edward Y. Townsend ; 5, Louisa; 6, Henry Morris; j,
Edward; 8, Samuel, now (1895), of Philadelphia.

VI. Anna Troth, eldest daughter of Henry Troth and Henrietta Henri, married

10 month I, 1840, George Morrison Coates, of Philadelphia, descended
from Thomas Coates, a prominent Colonial merchant of Philadelphia who
settled in the Province of Pennsylvania in 1684. George Morrison Coates
and Anna, his wife, had four children : Henry Troth Coates, of Philadel-
phia, m. Estelle B. Lloyd, also descended from Robert Lloyd; 2, William
Morrison, m. Anna Morris Lloyd, sister of Estelle; 3, Joseph H., m. Eliza-
beth G. Potts; 4, Samuel H., died infant.

VI. Eliza H. Troth, second daughter of Henry Troth and Henrietta Henri,
married 4th month loth, 1844, Joseph P. H. Coates, brother to George
Morrison Coates, and had: I, George M., m. Laura Lloyd, sister to
Estelle ; 2, Edward H., m. first, Ella M. Potts ; secondly, Florence Earl
Nicholson, widow.

VI. William P. Troth, third son of Henry Troth and Henrietta Henri, mar-
ried first, 1845, Emma M. Thomas, second 1860, Clara G. Townsend.
By his first wife he had: 1, Helen, m. Charles Ridgway ; 2, Anna Coates,

m. Henry S. Harper, and have Alice.
By his second wife he had: I, Emily S. ; 2, Henrietta; 3, Alice Gordon>
m. John R. Drexel, of Philadelphia ; 4, Lillian S.; 5, Mabel, d. infant-

VI. Henrietta M. Troth, fourth child of Henry Troth and Henrietta Henri,
married, 1850, Edward Y. Townsend, and had : I, Henry T., m. Maria J.
Potts ; 2, John W., m. May Sharp.

The Kite Branch.

I. James Keite (Kite), born in England; married, first, Mary, daughter of

William1 and Ann Warner, about 1680. They had four children. Mary,
died January 1st, 1686. He married secondly, Martha Medlicott, widow
of Daniel, of Merion, March 13, 1698, and died September 6th, 1713.

Descendants of James and Mary (Warner) (Keite).1

II. James Jr., b. October 10, 1682; Abraham, b. October 19, 1685, m. Mary,

daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Peters, July 9, 1708, d. October, 1748;
John, d. May 25, 1701 ; Grizzel, m. Samuel Lewis, February 26, 1706.

iWilliam Warner was born In Blockley Parish, Worcestershire, England,
and was ion of John Warner. He came to Pennsylvania before Penn, and set-
tled In what waa afterward known as Blockley Township, Philadelphia, near
Flfty-Se cond street and old Lancaster road. See Warner family on another page.

'William Kite, of Germantown, is descended from Thos. Kite and Mary
Brentnal. Their son Benjamin Kite had Thomas, the minister among Friend),
who was the father of William, of Germantown, Philadelphia.

Rees John William. 85

III. Isaac, eldest son of Abraham, m. April 2, X749, Catherine, daughter of An-
thony and Mary Tunis, d. 1 781 ; James, son of Abraham, m. August 30,
1741, Martha Wynne ; John, son of Abraham, m. Mary, daughter of John
Roberts, November 10, 1745 ; Thomas, son of Abraham, m. Mary, daugh-
ter of John and Susanna Brentnal, December 10, 1742, d. May 11, 1790 ;
Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham, m. Thomas Bowell, November 16, 1737.

IV. Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Catherine Kite, b. May 29, 1751, m.

Summers ; Isaac, son of Isaac and Catherine Kite, b. December 24,

1754, m. Sarah Sellers," 1784, d. September 21, 1823; Mary, daughter of
Isaac and Catherine Kite, b. March 22, 1757, m. 1778, Richard Pearce;
Anthony, son of Isaac and Catherine Kite, b. January 21, 1760, m. Febru-
ary 7> '778, Deborah Roberts; Deborah, daughter of Isaac and Catherine
Kite, b. November 20, 1762, m. July 24, 1793, Robert Henvis, d. Septem-
ber 17, 1842 ; Hannah, daughter of Isaac and Catherine Kite, b.

1763; Catherine, daughter of Isaac and Catherine Kite, b. , m.

Osman Henvis, d. May 20, 1793.
V. Hannah, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Kite, b. August 24, 1784, m. Benj.
Hobson, August 28, 1807, d. February 7, 1865 ; Mary Pearce, daughter of
Isaac and Sarah Kite, b. March 30, 1787, m. William E. Wright, Decem-
ber 20, 1806, d. April 14, 1844 i Isaac, Jr., son of Isaac and Sarah Kite,
b. August 20, I789, m. Rachel Jarden, April 6, 1812, d. July 21, 1825;
Joseph Sellers, son of Isaac and Sarah Kite, b. March 9, 1792, m. first
Julian Jarden 1812, m. secondly Jane Morgan 1833, d. October 13, 1862;
William, son of Isaac and Sarah Kite, b. November II, 1797, d. April 3,
1830 ; Benjamin, son of Isaac and Sarah Kite, b. August 6, 1799, d. March
3, 1824; Paschal], son of Isaac and Sarah Kite, b. March 20, 1803.
VI. Joseph Jarden, son of Joseph Sellers and Julian Kite, b. November 12,

1815, m. Harriet Pfiel, d. ; Elizabeth Marple, daughter of Joseph

Sellers and Julian Kite, b. June 12, 1817, m. Dr. W. W. Watson, May 25,
1837 ; Ann Eliza, daughter of Joseph Sellers and Julian Kite, b. Septem-
ber 17, 1819, m. Jacob Snyder, June 14, 1843, d. Mays, 1846; William
Leinav, son of Joseph Sellers and Julian Kite, b. March 10, 1823, m.
Rachel Dutton ; Charles Pitman, son of Joseph Sellers and Julian Kite, b.
January 21, 1826, m. Elizabeth Dutton, October 21, 1851 ; Isaac Fletcher,
son of Joseph Sellers and Julian Kite b. October 26, 1827, m. Julia R.
Glenn, April 15, 1852; Alexander Jarden, son of Joseph Sellers and Julian
Kite, b. January 28, 1830, m. Josephine Hare, November 19, 1850;
Thomas Mason, son of Joseph Sellers and Jane Kite, b. November 14,

1834, m. Emma Jane Widener, , d. December 28, 1870; Samuel

Nevin, son of Joseph Sellers and Jane Kite, b. March 16, 1836; Henry
Berrell, son of Joseph Sellers and Jane Kite, b. April 26, 1839, m. Mary
Evans.

VII. William Wilkins, son of Dr. W. W. and Elizabeth M. Watson, b. August
6, 1843, m. Amanda Carr, October 20, 1870; John M., son of Dr. W. W.
and Elizabeth M. Watson, b. March 29, 1845, m. Annie L. Stokes, May I,
1873.

VII. Joseph Sellers, son of Charles P. and Elizabeth Kite, b. June 7, 1852, m.
Amanda Cresson, March 17, 1879; Martha Klapp, daughter of Charles P.
and Elizabeth Kite, b. June 29, 1858; Frank Watson, son of Charles P.
and Elizabeth Kite, b. January 17, 1861, m. Fannie Brunker, November
16, 1881.

lSarah Sellers, b. February 28, 1760, wife of Isaac Kite, was the daughter of
Joseph Sellers (son of Samuel, b. April 5, 1726, d. December 12, 1790), by Hannah
his wife, daughter of William Pasehall (b. July 22, 1693), by Hannah his wife,
(laughter of Robert Lloyd, of Merlon, and Lowry his wife, (laughter of Bees John
William. [See preceding genealogy.] [For notices of other members of the Kite
Family, »ee Appendix.]

86 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

VII. Louis Stanwood, son of Isaac F. and Julia R. Kite, b. March 31, 1857, m.
Abby M. Hovey, daughter of Franklin S. Hovey, April 24, 1884.

VII. Charles Hare, son of Alex. Jarden andjosephinf Kite, b. November 30,
1851, m. Emma Morris, November 15, 1876, d. June 24, 1877 ! Joseph
Sellers, son of Alex. Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. February 22, 1854, m.
Mary Jahke, June 3, 1889; Mary Williams, daughter of Alex. Jarden and
Josephine Kite, b. April 19, 1856 ; Florence Jarden, daughter of Alex.
Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. July 22, 1858, m. Alban H. Reid, July 8,
1886 ; Alex. Clarence, son of Alex. Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. May 3,
1 86 1 ; Annie E. J., daughter of Alex. Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. July
27, 1863 ; Jane Bell, daughter of Alex. Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. Febru-
ary 18, 1865, m. O. S. Johnson, April 12, 1887; Elizabeth Watson, daugh-
ter of Alex. Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. July 22, 1868 ; Virginia Briscoe,
daughter of Alex. Jarden and Josephine Kite, b. January 20, 1871.

VIII. Bessie Kenton, daughter of William W. and Amanda Watson, b. August
28, 187 1, m. Jas. H. Milhouse, November II, 1891 ; William W. Jr., son
of William W. and Amanda Watson, b. July 10, 1878.

VIII. Mabel Cresson, daughter of Joseph S. and Amanda Kite, b. February I,

1880; Charles Clement, son of Joseph S. and Amanda Kite, b. April 10,

1883 ; Elizabeth Button, daughter of Joseph S. and Amanda Kite, b.

August 30, 1888 ; Josephine Warder, daughter of Joseph S. and Amanda

Kite, b. December 13, 1891.
VIII. Charles Pitman, son of Frank Watson and Fannie Kite, b. September

II, 1882 ; Robert B., son of Frank Watson and Fannie Kite, b. January 6,

1884 ; Edith B., daughter of Frank Watson and Fannie Kite, b. March

22, 1891.
VIII. Elsa Glenn, daughter of Louis Stanwood and Abby M. Kite, b. October

26, 1886 ; Alan Mansfield, son of Louis Stanwood and Abby M. Kite, b.

June 15, 1888.
VIII. Charlesemma, daughter of Charles Hare and Emma Kite, b. November

3. »877-
VIII. John H. J., son of Joseph Sellers and Mary J. Kite, b. August 23, 1890 ;

Joseph Sellers, Jr., son of Joseph Sellers and Mary J. Kite, b. June 25,

1892.
VIII. Josephine Hare, daughter of Florence J. Kite and Alban H. Reid. b.

October 17, 1889 ; Alban Elwell, son of Florence J. Kite and Alban H.

Reid, b. January 21, 1894.

VIII. William Curtis, son of Jane B. Kite and O. S. Johnson, b. January 17,
1888 [Mildred Kite, daughter of Jane B. Kite and O. S. Johnson, b.
August 28, 1890; Gertrude Bell, daughter of Jane B. Kite and O. S. John-
son, b. August 28, 1892.

IX. Marion Kenton, daughter of Bessie K. Watson and J. H. Milhouse, b.
April 3, 1893 ; Helen, daughter of Bessie K. Watson and J. H. Millhouse,
b. February 23, 1895.

CADWALLADER MORGAN, MINISTER AMONG
FRIENDS.

Cadwallader Morgan, a yeoman, and Minister among
Friends, from the township of Gwernevel Ismynydd, in the
Comot of Penllyn, n/~)

Merionethshire, ar-^^^y^^^P0O^<^*/l~
rived in Pennsylva- v5

nia some time in the early fall of 1683. Like others of the
Merioneth Company, he had suffered from harsh persecutions.

His certificate of removal was given him from the Penllyn
Meeting, and was dated Fifth-month 8th, 1683. It speaks of
him as a man of exceptional worth, and of great service within
the religious society of which he was a member. His wife,
Jane, daughter of Richard Price1, is said to have accompanied
him to his new home in the wilderness. They settled in Mer-
ion, a short distance from Pencoyd, on the Schuylkill River,
upon the plantation which Cadwallader had purchased from
John ap Thomas and Dr. Edward Jones2. It appears that he
was very highly esteemed in Merion on account of his blame-
less life and savory ministry, and remembered for many a year
after his decease.

Eleanor Evans, of Gwynedd, who knew him personally,
has left the following testimony of record concerning him :

"Cadwallader Morgan, a native of Merionethshire, was
one of the first settlers in Merion. Tho' he held no great share
of the ministry, he had an excellent talent at advice & teach-
ing in his conversation, his discourse was so instructive that
some who had the advantage of hearing him relate his ex-

*See Rees John William and Edward Rees.

2By deed 7th of Seventh-month, 1687 (Deed Book E I, p. 586, etc.), Cad-
wallader Morgan conveyed his original tract of 156 acres to " John Roberts, gentle-
man," of Merion, but in 1701 held 202 J^ acres under the Merion Company's
patent.

88 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

perience of his spiritual travel have reaped benefit therefrom
30 or 40 years after his death. He had much to say in favor
of Watchfulness & keeping the mind trusty upon God. He
lived and died in Merion "\

Cadwallader Morgan's eldest son, Morgan Cadwallader,
was born in Wales, on the 23d of Sixth-month, 1679, and also
became a minister, but being a confirmed invalid, he died young,
and unmarried. Edward Cadwallader, the second son, who
was born in Wales, on 22d of Sixth-month, 1682, died be-
fore his father, also, presumably, unmarried. Cadwallader
Morgan died in 171 1. His will was signed on the 10th of
September, 171 1, and proved at Philadelphia, on the 10th day
of October, of the same year2.

He mentions in it Elizabeth, wife of his " brother Lewis
Morgan," and his "brother John Morgan," to whom he leaves
^40. The balance of his estate is devised to " Edward Evan,
2nd son of my son-in-law Robert Evan3," " my son-in-law
Hugh Evan4," and " Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of my son-in-
law, Abell Thomas?," Robert Evan and Abell Thomas are
executors, whilst his friends, Edward Jones, John Roberts,
ff+. . ^y j? David Jones and Thomas Jones,

\±Sfrrt/1sJ fL^t^t* are appointed to act as overseers.
^/ The witnesses were : Robert Rob-

erts, Moses Roberts, Thomas Jones.

David Jones, one of the overseers, was probably identical
with David Jones, of Blockley, of whom we shall have occa-
sion to speak elsewhere in these pages.

John Morgan, the brother of Cadwallader, settled, it is
believed, in Radnor.

■Eleanor Evans was wife of John Evans, of Gwynedd, Pa., and daughter of
Rowland Ellis. -

2Will Book C, page 259, Philadelphia.

30f Gwynedd, Pa.

<Of Gwynedd, Pa.

sAbell Thomas resided in Merion for a
time, but he held, on 16th of Twelfth-month, fij/ffi M
1701, 76^ acres in Goshen in right of the (//&/£
John ap Thomas and Edward Jones purchase. 'H*A

[Board of Property Books.]

JOHN AND WILLIAM AP EDWARD, OF MERION.
SONS OF EDWARD AP JOHN, OF CYNLAS.

I. Edward ap John, of the township of Cynlas, Llanddervel Parish, Penllyn,
Merionethshire, was the father of the above named colonists. He was
buried in Llanddervel Church yard March 1, 1667'. According to the record
in an old Bible belonging to a descendant, he " was a free-holder of about
^24 per annum2 — a man of good repute and careful to bring up his child-
ren in the fear of the Lord, according to the Church of England." Docu-
ments in Wales show him to have been a kinsman, probably a first cousin,
of Edward Nicholas, of Cynlas (born 1647), who was son of Nicholas ap
Edward, of the same township, and a descendant of Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of
Penllyn3. The name of Edward ap John's wife has not been definitely
ascertained. He left surviving him, so far as known, four sons: I, John
ap Edward, b. Wales ; m. first Katherine, d. Robert ap Hugh; m. second,
Jane, d. John ap Edward ; 2, William ap Edward, b. Wales ; 3, Evan ap
Edward, b. Wales ; 4, Thomas ap Edward, b. Wales ; of Llanllidrog, liv.
there 1686.

II. John ap Edward, son of Edward ap John, of Cynlas, had a deed from
Dr. Edward Jones and John ap Thomas, dated 18 April, 1682, for 312^
acres of land, which were surveyed to him in Merion. He arrived in Au-
gust, 1682. John ap Edward was an enterprising man, and no doubt had
acquired considerable property prior to his removal from Nantlleidiog
Township to Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Free
Traders, of London, and the head-land claimed by him indicates that he
brought with him at least four servants. He died soon after his arrival, in
1683. His will is dated 16th of Eighth-month, 1683, and proved at Phila-
delphia the same year*. By this document he leaves his plantation of
312)4 acres in Merion, to his eldest son, Evan, and to his other sons, Ed-
ward, " that quantity or proportion of land due me for the bringing over of
servants by the laws or concessions of Pennsylvania aforsaid, that is to say
two hundred acres." The names of his children, who probably took the
surname of Edwards, were as follows : I , Elizabeth, b. Wales, 18th Twelfth-
month, 167 1 ; 2, Sarah, b. Wales, 8th Eleventh-month, 1673; 3, Evan, b.
Wales, 2d of Second-month, 1677 ; 4, Edward, b. Wales, 5th of Eighth-
month, 1 68 1.

lRegister of the Parish Church, of Llandderfel (Llanddervel), Penllyn.

2Thie sum doubtless represented the rent land he held at the assessed value.
At that day, as at this, farm lands were assessed at a rate much under their exact
value, and the lands above rated probably produced Edward ap John a hand-
some revenue. They appear to have been in the family for many centuries.

ssee a former page.

4WU1 Book B, p. 270, Philadelphia.

W. T. — 12.

go Merion in the Welsh Tract.

II. William ap Edward, son of Edward ap John, of Cynlas, resided upon a
rented farm in the township of Nantlleidiog. in Penllyn, before his re-
moval to Pennsylvania, but is sometimes described as " of Cynlas," prior
to that event. He married first, about 1671, Katherine, daughter of Robert

ap Hugh, of Llwyndedwydd,
near Bala, Merionethshire, and
sister to Hugh Roberts (i. e.,
Hugh ap Robert, or Hugh, the
son of Robert), who also re-
moved to Pennsylvania and became a member of the Provincial Council.
(See article on Hugh Roberts.) The wife of Robert ap Hugh (alias
Robert Pugh) was Elizabeth, daughter of William Owen, of Llanvawr Par-
ish, Penllyn. Katherine died in Wales, 1676, and William ap Edward mar-
ried secondly, 1681, Jane, daughter of John ap Edward, of near Bala. Wil-
liam ap Edward and family early joined the Quakers, and came to Pennsyl-
vania on the ship, " Lyon," which arrived in August, 1682. Hewasamem-
ber of the Company of Merioneth Adventurers, and, by deed, dated I April,
1 682, under the designation of " William ap Edward, of Ucheldri, yeoman,"
became the purchaser of 156^ acres of land, a part of which was surveyed
to him in Merion, and part in Goshen. This land he disposed of soon
after, and having purchased from other members of the company their right
to the entire amount of Liberty land belonging to the purchasers under the
Edward Jones and John ap Thomas Patent, which parcel of land he had
surveyed to him in Blockley Township, and for which with the overplus
thereunto belonging, and another lot, he had a patent in 17021. This land,
late the George Estate, is situate at Overbrook station, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and now forms a part of " Overbrook Farms," in the Thirty-
fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia. William ap Edward died in 1714.
His will was signed 29 December, 1714; proved, 29 January, 1714-15, at
Philadelphia2. He had issue by his first wife^: I, Elizabeth, b. Wales,
14th Third-month, 1672 ; m. Thomas Lloyd* ; 2, Katherine, b. Wales, 29th
Eleventh-month, 1676 ; m. but d. s. p.

By his second wife he had : I, Sarah, b. 29th Eighth-month, 1685 ; m.
Thomas Lawrences, S. David ; 2, Edward, b. 7th Twelfth-month,
1689; 3, Ellen, b. 19th Fourth-month, 1691 ; m. Henry Lawrence ;
4, Mary, b. nth Eleventh-month, 1694; m. Richard Preston.

III. Edward, only son of William ap Edward, born in Merion or neighbor-
hood, 7th of 12th, 1689, died 17496, the surname of Williams, " a name
assumed according to the custom in Wales." He inherited, under his
father's will, the Blockley plantation, " unto him and his heirs forever."

lPatent William Penn, by his Commissioners, to William Edward, for two
tracts of land in the Liberties of Philadelphia ; one of them containing 186 acres,
8 qrs., 24 ps., and the other of them containing 20 acres and 5 ps. Recorded Third-
month 8th, 1702, in Patent Book A, vol. 2, page 239, etc. See also Minute Books
Board of Property, Harrisburg, Penna.

2W111 Book D, p. 25, etc.

3The account of the issue of William ap Edward by both as here given is de-
rived from family records. See also Penna. Magazine.

4Thomas Lloyd was of Merion and resided a mile north of the present Bryn
Mawr station, Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a brother to Robert Lloyd of the
same place.

sThomas Lawrence was the son of David Lawrence, whose wife was a daugh-
ter of Thomas Ellis, by his first wife. It does not, however, seem certain that
David Lawrence was not married twice. See Thomas Ellis.

6Hls will is dated 3d September, 1749, proved February 21, 1749. Will Book 1,
p. 225, etc., Philadelphia. He mentions children as above, and leaves his estate
to his son, Joseph Williams. Speaks of his property at "Gwineth" (1. e.,
Gwynedd), and leaves his wife, Eleanor, one brass pot, his large boiler, clothes-
press in the parlor, and his white mare and colt and new blue plush side-saddle.

John and William ap Edward. 9 1

He married Eleanor, daughter of David Lawrence, and had issue: I,

Joseph, b. ; 2, Daniel, b. 12th 2d month, 17171; 3, Sarah, b. 13th

4th month 1720, m. Joshua Humphreys' ; 4, Edward, b. 24th 7th month,
1722, m. Hannah Garrett ; 5, Jane, b. 21st 7th month, 1732, m. Evan
Thomas3.

IV. Joseph Williams, son and heir to Edward Williams, died intestate, leaving
issue, three daughters, viz. : 1, Rebecca, m. Amos George ; 2, Eleanor, m.
Joseph Bond ; 3, Sarah, m. Edward George. Eleanor Bond died intestate,
leaving issue, three children : Samuel, Robert, and Hannah Bond who m.
Aaron Hackney. The aboved named Amos George died intestate, 1 790,
leaving children by the said Rebecca: Joseph, Richard, Ann, Hannah,
Elizabeth, Jane, William and Amos.

Ut is claimed that this person was the founder of Williamsport.

JThis was Joshua, son of Daniel Humphrey (alias Daniel Samuel), of Haver-
ford, son of Samuel Humphrey, son of Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyndu, ap
David ap Howell ap Gronwy ap Einion.

sProbably eon of Edward Thomas, of Merion. They had children, Edward,
Eleanor, Joseph and Jonathan.

ARMS OF LLOYD OF GLANLLYN AND GWERN Y BRECHTWN1.
Vert, a chevron between three wolves1 heads erased, argent.

DESCENT OF EDWARD REES (ALIAS PRICE), ANCESTOR OF THE

PRICE FAMILY, OF MERION, LOWRY LLOYD AND OTHER

SETTLERS, FROM THE LLOYDS OF GLANLLYN AND

GWERN Y BRECHTWN, MERIONETHSHIRE,

NORTH WALES.— G. B.

[From Visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwnn, Deputy Herald, Harleian, MS. 2288 ;
MS. pedigrees in Pennsylvania, etc.]
RHIRID FLAIDD, Lord of Penllyn ; = GWENLLIAN, dau. of Ednyfed,
temp. Henry II. and Ricbard I. | Lord of Broughton.

MADOG, of Rhiwaedog, ■.
Lord of Penllyn.

: ARDUN, dau.
Philip ap Uchtrydd,
Lord of Cyfeiliog.

RHIRID
VYCHAN.

EINION,
slain
1261.

IORWERTH, of Penllyn,
Lord of that Cantref.

GWERFYL, dau. of
Pasgen ap Gwyn ap
Gruffydd, Lord of
Cedigfa and Deuddwr.

GWRGEN Y GWYN
LLWYD, of Rhiwae-
dog; he had Anne,
who m. David Lloyd,
whose dau. Maud m.
David G6ch of Penl-
lech, who was direct
male ancestor of Rob-
ert Owen of Fron G6ch
and Merion, d. 1 697.
See Owen genealogy.

MADOG AP = EVA, GRUFFYDD.

I I I

IORWERTH GWENLLIAN, MAUD,
VYCHAN. m. Llewelyn ap m. Gro-
Ithel, of Awl- nwy ap
hairn. Tudor, ap

Gronwy,
ap Edny-
fed Vychan.

IORWERTH, dau. of

Lord of Penl- Griffith ap

lyn ; he present- Einon ap

ed a petition to Griffith (not

the Prince of of Cors y Gedol).
Wales, at Ken-

J A

lit will be noted that the last syllable of this word Is spelled In a slightly dif-
ferent way In another part of this book. Either style, the pronunciation being
identical, appears to be correct. At least a dozen ways of writing it have been
noted. In this work the spelling used originally by the particular authorities or
documents cited in the different chapters, has been closely followed, irrespective
of appearances and an apparent lack of uniformity ; and this applies to alf Welsh
names which appear on the pages of this work.

Edward Rees and the Price Family.

I a

sington, 33
Edw. I., 1305,
praying that be
might enjoy
certain lands
and the Baili-
wick of " Unius
Cantr. in Penl-
lyn and Ardu-
dewey," which
the King had
granted him.

SIR GRUF- .
FYDD AP
MADOC,
Km., of Llan
Uwch Lyn
Tegid.

GRONWY, GWERFYL,

m. Eva,
dau. Llew-
ellyn, ap
Einion of
Llwdiarth.

m. Iorwerth,
ap Hwfa, of
Dudeleston.

GWENLLIAN,
dau. and heir
of Ievan, ap
Howell, de-
scended from
Collwyn, ap
Tangno, Lord of
Llyn.

JANET, dan.
of Cynfelyn,
ap Dolphin,
Lord of Ma-
nofon ; but,
according to
Harl. MS.
2288, he m.
Alice, dau.
Bleddyn
Vychan.

SIR IEVAN AP = ANNESTA,

MARGA- GWENL-
RET. LIAN.

GRUFFYD, Knt.,
of Llannwchllyn,
and Cefn Treflaith
in Llanstundwy;
died probably
*379 > he was one
of the jury of an
inquisition held at
Bala, upon the
next Friday after
the Festival of the
Assumption, 48
Edw. III. [S. R.
Meyrick's notes
to Dwnn], Sept.
1374. The date
upon his tomb is
MCCCLXX; but
a figure appears
to have been chip
ped off. He lies
in effigy within
the church of
Llanuwchllyn,
near Bala, in
Penllyn.

OWEN, of Cefn
Treflaith.

dau. of Llew-
elyn ap Ein-
ion, ap Meiler
Grug, Lord of
Tref Gynon.

HOWELL,
YGA-
DER, of
Gader
Penllyn ;
m. Mali,
dau. of
Goronwy
Lloyd.

RHYS,
ancestor
of Jones
of Llan-
dyrnog.

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1EVAN VYCHAN, of Llanuwchl- = ANNE, dau. of Sir Griffith

lyn, in the ComOt of Penllyn, and
held other lands in Nant y Friar,
in Llandderfel.

Vaughan, Knight Ban-
neret, at Agincourt ; and
Lord of Burgedin, Garth,
and Garth Fawr. He was
knighted 1415 ; beheaded
at Pool Castle, 1447, being
then very aged.

RHYS, of
Cyn Llwyd ;
be had Ievan
ap Rhys.

DAVID AP IEVAN VYCHAN, of Llan- = GWENHWYFAR, HOWELL.

uwchllyn.

dau. of David Lloyd,
ap Howell ; descended
from Rhirid Flaidd,
Lord of Penllyn.

DAVID LLOYD, =
ap David, of Llan-
uwchllyn and
Llandderfel Penl-
lyn. He pur-
chased the de-
mesne lands of
Glanllyn Tegid,
19 Henry Vlli,
I503-4-

ROBERT LLOYD,
of Nantfreur, in
Llandderfel, Penl-
lyn. He was the
owner of Gwern y
Brechtwn, which
was a part of his
father's estate.
[Vide MS. Robert
Vaughan, of Hen-
gwrt ; and Dwnn
II., p. 232.] He
died prior to 1592.

m. 1st, ANNESTA, dan.
of Griffith ap Ievan.

= MARY j
dau. of
Reynold
ad Grif-
fith, of
Upper
Branas.

m., 2d, LOWRY,
dau. of Howell
Vaughan ap How-
ell ap Gruffyd of
Llwydiarth.

RHYS,
of Tref
Brysg.

HOWELL
VAUGHAN,
of Glanllyn ;
living 13th
Sept., 1568.

WILLIAM LLEWELYN.
VAUGHAN, —

of Llanrhiadr, Owen,

in Morchnant. —

Mallt.

Catherine.

Annesta.

THOMAS, =
ap Robert
Lloyd, born
circa,
1515-20;
died May,
1612; bu-
ried within
the Church
of Lland-
derfel, 21
May, that
year.

" Thomas
Lloyd, gen-
I A

CATHERINE,
dau. of Robert
ap Griffith, ap
Evan ; derived
from March-
weithian, Lord
of Isaled.

ROBERT, EVAN,
ap Robert ap Rob-
Lloyd ; he ert
had Ellis, Lloyd,
who had
Foulke, who
had Thomas
Foulke, of
Llandderfel.

OWEN FOULKE. |

AP ROB- ap JOHN,

ERT, died Robert ap

1601. Lloyd; Robert

died Lloyd ;

prior to he had

1591. Morgan,

who had

Thomas,

b. 1614.

Edward Rees and the Price Family.

I a

erosus pa-
terfamilias
fuit in eccle-
sia p'ochia
de Llandr-
vell XXI
May dieque
domino in
Albus Ano
Dni. 1 6 12.
[Llandder-
fel Reg.]
He is call-
ed, of
Gwern y
Brechtwn,
gentleman.

ROBERT LLOYD, EVAN, ap
who had John Lloyd, Thomas
of Gwern y Brechtwn. Lloyd of
Some of the first set-
tlers are believed to
have come from this
line.

Nant y
Friar; born
circa 1555;
died May,
1640.
" Evanus
ap Thomas
Lloyd, P.
F. Sepult
fuit XVI
May in
Cemeterio
1640."
[Llandder
fel Reg.]

I I

DORO- THOMAS, MARY :
THEA ap Thomas
EVANS. Lloyd.
" Dorothea —
Verch Evan, Foulke ap

uxor Evan Thomas

ap Thomas Lloyd.

RICHARD
of Tyddin
Tyfod.

Lloyd.
Sepulto fuit
decimo octavo
die February
dieque Jovis
Ao. 1619.
[Llandderfel
Reg.]

RHYS, ap =
Richard,
of Tyddin
Tyfod;
alias Rees
Prichard.

THOMAS, ap Evan GWEN. JANE.
Llovd, born circa
1578-80. High Sher-
iff of Mer. 1623 ; died
Nov. 1649 ; m. Cath-
erine, dau. Wm. David,
of Llanderfel, and had
Foulke ap Thomas Lloyd,
baptized 14 April, 1623 ;
who had Edward Foulke
Lloyd, alias Edward Foulke,
settled at Gwynedd, Pa.,
1698.

I
JOHN, ap ELLEN.
Evan Lloyd.

GRFFITH =
ap Rhys, of
Tyddin Ty-
fod.

RICHARD PRICE (alias ap =
Rees, or Prees), of Tyddin
Tyfod; d. 1686, and will
proved at St. Asaph Regis-
try, 1686; dated 26 January
(n-mo.) 1685.

EDWARD REES
(alias Prees, alias
Price), of Merion,
1682.

JANE, m. Cad- HANNAH; dr. = John THOMAS

wallader Mor- m. Rees John William. PRICE ; he

gan, of Merion. William (alias remained in

See Cad wallader Prees Jones), of Wales ; of

Morgan. Merion. See Tyddin Ty-

Rees John fod, living

William. 1686.

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Edward Rees, alias Prees, or Price, by which last name
his descendants called themselves, and by which he was
frequently designated, came to Merion with Dr. Edward Jones,
in August, 1682. His father was Richard Price — i. e., Richard
ap Rees, or Richard Prees (or Rhys), of Tyddin Tyfod, Merion-
ethshire, who died 1685-6, and whose will, dated 26th January,
is given on another page. Edward Rees, as we shall call him,
was a prominent man in Merion. He was one of the founders
of the Merion Meeting, and in 1695 donated the ground
upon which the meeting-house now stands, the lot being a
part of his plantation, purchased by deed 1682, and which ex-
tended along both sides of the old Lancaster road, now Mont-
gomery Avenue. His house stood, and still remains, in the
field to the northwest of the Meeting, whilst a fine old Colonial
residence was erected by one
of his descendants, almost op-
posite, on the south side of
Montgomery Avenue. The
property, it is believed, after
remaining for two centuries in
the possession of his descend-
ants, has lately passed, by will,
to another family. In his old
age, in company with Benja-
min Humphrey, he paid a visit
to his old home in Wales. The
will of Edward Rees is dated
28 November, 1728, and was
proved at Philadelphia 6 January, 1727-8, Will Book E, p. 91,
etc. He mentions his son, " Rees Prees," grandson, Edward,
and cousins, Peter, David and Jane Evans, etc. He married
first in Wales, Mably, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, brother of
Thomas ap Hugh, gentleman, of Wern Fawr, Merionethshire,
son of Hugh ap Ievan ap Rhys Goch ap Tudor ap Rhys ap
Ievan Goch, of Cwm Pen Aner, in the Parish of Cerrig y dru-
idion, Denbighshire, lineally descended from Marchweithian,
the Lord of Isaled. (See a future page.) She died 1699 ;

MARCHWEITHIAN.
Gules, a Lion Ramp., Argent.

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Edward Rees and the Price Family. 97

buried at Merion, Eighth-month 23d. Edward Rees married
secondly, in Pennsylvania, Rebecca Humphrey, daughter of
Samuel Humphrey, son of Humphrey ap Hugh (living 1662),
son of Hugh ap David, ap Howell ap Gronwy ap Einion. By
his second wife he had no issue. By his first wife he had : 1 ,
Rees Prees (alias Price), b. Eleventh-month nth, 1678; 2,
Catharine, bur. at Merion, Eighth-month 23d, 1682; 3, Jane,
b. Ninth-month 1 ith, 1682 ; m. first, Jonathan Hayes ; sec-
ondly, Maries.

Rees Price, born 1678, in Penllyn, married first, at Rad-
nor, Tenth-month 6th, 1705, Sarah Meredith; secondly, at
Haverford, Tenth-month 9th, 17 18, Elizabeth Ellis, daughter
of Ellis Ellis, deceased, of Haverford (and Lydia Humphrey,
his wife, daughter of Samuel, as above) ; thirdly, at Haver-
ford, Third-month 10th, 1737, Ann Scotharn (widow), of
Darby. He had issue: 1, Edward; 2, John; 3, Ellis; 4,
Mary, m. Rees Harry, son of David, of Plymouth; 5, Mar-
garet1 ; 6, Jane.

■Margaret, daughter of Rees Price, of Merion, married , first, Paschall,

and secondly, at Philadelphia, William Montgomery, of New jersey, descended
from the Montgomery Family of Brigend, Scotland. [See History of Montgomery
Family, by Thomas H. Montgomery.] William Montgomery and Margaret Price,
his second wife, had issue one son, who was ancestor to the present Montgomery
family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia. The late Richard R. Montgomery, Esq.,
of Bryn Mawr, was a direct descendant, therefore, of Rees Price, of Merion. Mar-
garet's first husband, Paschall, was not a Friend, and she was disowned by the
Society for marrying out of Meeting ; but after his death, having made the neces-
sary [acknowledgment, was received back into membership, and married Mont-
gomery, who at that time was a Friend. Rees Price in his will leaves a bequest
to her children by Paschall. It may be noted here that there was another Rees
Price, who was among the first settlers in Radnor, and who died about the begin-
ning of the eighteenth century, who should not be confused with Rees Price, of
Merion, son of Edward, to whom he was not related in any way.

THE ARMS OF COLLWYN, LORD OF LLYN.
Sable, a chevron, between three Jleurs-de-lys, argent.

ROBERTS, OF PENCOYD, LOWER MERION.

[This genealogy is compiled from a pedigree by Lewis Dwnn, Deputy Herald,
for Wales (by patent under seal of Clarencieux and Norroy Kings at Arms), made
out in the year 1588; from MS. pedigree by John Roberts, compiled about 1704;
from MSS. in Harleian Collections, British Museum ; from wills and deeds in
Pennsylvania ; from official records in Wales ; and from papers now in possession
of the author. Pencoyd does not appear to be excellent Welsh. John Roberts
called his plantation Pencoid, which is better, but Coed seems to be the correct
ending of this name.]

The first of this family in Pennsylvania was John Roberts,
son of Richard Roberts, of Cowyns, in the parish of Llanen-

gan, in Llyn Division, Caer-
narvonshire, North Wales,
who was descended from
Collwyn, Lord of Llyn. John Roberts was born in the year
1648, and at the age of twenty-nine he became a member of
the Society of Friends.

It appears that he lived for a time near Dolgelly, in Mer-
ionethshire, and it was probably his acquaintance with Quakers
at that place which induced his removal to Pennsylvania in
the year 1683.

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Roberts, of Pencoyd. 99

Previous to his departure from Wales he purchased from
Richard Davies, of Welshpoole, by Lease and Release dated
30-31 July, 1682, 150 acres of land to be laid out in the
Province of Pennsylvania. In this deed he is described as " of
the Parish of Llangian, in the county of Caernarvon, gentle-
man." Of this tract, which was surveyed to him in Merion,
we will speak hereafter.

John Roberts arrived in Pennsylvania, in company with
other Cymric Friends, on the 16th of Ninth-month, 1683, bring-
ing with him a certificate of removal from Penllyn Meeting,
which is recorded in the books of the Radnor, Merion and
Haverford Meeting, and reads as follows :

Whereas John Robert in ye county of Carnarvon hath
declared his intention in order to his removal to Pennsylvania
in America we thought it convenient to certify in his behalf
that he is one th' owned and received the truth for these 6
years past. Hath walked since blameless in his conversation
and servicable in his place — also that he is free from all con-
tracts of marriage and matrimony to a certain knowledge of
good reputation amongst his neighbors acquaintance and re-
lations where he lived.

From the Mens Meeting at Penllan ye 18 of 5th month
1683.

Richard Price Edward Griffith

Robert Owen Thomas Prichard

Cadd Ellis David Jones

Evan Rees William Morgan

Robert Evan Griffith John

Ellis David Roger Robert

Hugh Griffith Evan Owen

Morris Humphrey
It having been thought advisable by the Welsh Friends
that the settlers should bring to the Meeting some account of
themselves and their descent, we find the following entry in
the minutes of Merion Meeting :
" Merion Preparative Mtg.
" 11 mo. 5. 1704.

" John Roberts brought in an account to this meeting of
his place of abode in his native country being Llun in Caer-
narvonshire, convincement and removal to this Country, mar-

ioo Merion in the Welsh Tract.

riage and other remarkable passages of his life, in order to be
entered upon Record."

Unfortunately the record of this and similar narratives
cannot now be found, but as duplicates were often retained by
the family, the account in question has been preserved. The
document of which we speak, the original of which, in the
handwriting of the first John Roberts, is still in possession of
his descendants, reads as follows :

"An account oijohn Roberts left to my Posterity.

"A short account of John Roberts formerly of Llyn, be^
ing son of Richard Roberts, and Grand-son of Robert Thomas
Morris, who lived at Cowyns, in the Parish of Llanergan, and
County of Carnarvon ; my Mother, being Margaret Evans,
daughter of Richard Evans of the Parish of Llangian and
county aforesaid. Being convinced of God's Everlasting Truth
about the year 1677, not by man nor through man, but by the
Revelation of Jesus Christ in my own heart, being about thirty
miles from any Friends or Meeting, in that time when I was
convinced, but coming into acquaintance with Friends near
Dollgelle and near Bala in Merionethshire I frequented their
meetings while I abode in those parts, but by the Providence
of God, in the year 1683 I transported myself with many of
my friends for Pennsylvania where I and they arrived, the six-
teenth day of the ninth month, One thousand six hundred and
eighty-three, being then thirty-five years old; and settled my-
self in the place which afterwards I called Pencoid in the
Township of Merion, which was afterwards called so by them,
being the first settlers of it, having brought with me one ser-
vant man from my native land, and fixed my settling here I
took to wife Gaynor Roberts, daughter to Robert Pugh (or ap
Hugh) from Llyndedwydd near Bala in Merionethshire, her
mother being Elizabeth William Owen, one of the first that
was convinced of the Truth in that neighborhood. So leaving
this account for our Offspring and others that desire to know
from whence we came and who we descended from and when
we came to settle unto this place where we now abide, being
then a wilderness, but now by God's blessing upon our en-

Roberts, of Pencoyd. 101

deavors is become a fruitful field. To God's name be the
Praise, Honor and Glory, who is worthy of it for ever and for
ever more."

From the above interesting record it is possible to gather
very considerable information regarding the family. The
Robert Pugh mentioned was the father of Hugh Roberts, that
celebrated Minister among Friends, and a member of the Gov-
ernor's Council. William Owen was a free-holder in Llan-
vawr in 1636, a man of very considerable property, and of good
family.

Regarding the direct male ancestry of John Roberts, the
writer was unsuccessful, some time since, in obtaining enough
information from Wales to establish the identity of Thomas
Morris, who was, it will be observed, the great-grandfather
of the first settler (John Roberts).

This was largely due to the missing wills in the Registry
covering that portion of Caernarvonshire in which the family
had dwelt for many generations.

Since then, however, chance has thrown in the author's
way, certain documents and records which prove conclusively
that Richard Roberts was a cadet of an ancient .family hold-
ing the estates of Pencoed, or Penkoed, in Llyn, Caernarvon-
shire, a few miles from Cowyns, where Robert Thomas Mor-
ris lived, and it appears that Cowyns, although in another
parish, was formerly a part of the Pencoed Estates1.

The descent of John Roberts is as follows :

Collwyn ap Tangno was anciently Lord of that portion of
the promontory of Llyn, in Caernarvonshire, which included
among others the parishes of Llangian, Llanengan, Llan-
bedrog, and Llanarmon. These several parishes are on the
Bay of Cardigan. Collwyn lived in the eleventh century, and
was ancestor to most of the families in this part of Llyn. In

'It is greatly regretted that owing to the imperfect records referred to, it is im-
possible to give here details as complete as desired, but the following pedigree can
be relied upon as correct in the essential points. The evidence connecting one
generation with another has been conscientiously weighed, the dates of birth of
each individual carefully estimated, and the title to the Llyn lands well considered.
The reader will note that John Roberts called his land " Pencoid," after the prin-
cipal possessions of his ancestors.

102 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

later years the Lordship of a great part of Llyn belonged to
the Princes of North Wales and their descendants, among
whom was Trahairn Goch, who held the title to a considerable
portion thereof in the fourteenth century. Notwithstanding
this fact the immediate possessions of the descendants of Coll-
wyn do not seem to have been disturbed. Down to the year
1700 there was scarcely a free-hold in the parishes mentioned
not held by the posterity of this old Welsh Princeling.

Collwyn had a son, Meredith ap Collwyn, of Llyn, who
had Gwrgan, who had Einion, who had Meredith, who had
Howell, who had Griffith, who had Ievan, who had Rhys, who
had Ievan, who had Griffith ap Ievan, who was father to Mor-
ris ap Griffith, who held the lands of Pencoed, near Plas Du,in
the parish of Llanafmon, and other detached farms about the
year 1 500 and later1. This Morris ap Griffith had issue several
sons, viz.: Griffith Morris, John Morris, William Morris,
Thomas Morris, Hugh Morris, Richard Morris, David Mor-
ris, Robert Morris and Meredith Morris. Thomas Morris had
(besides a son Richard) a son Robert, called Robert Thomas
Morris, of Cowyns, who was father of Richard Roberts, who
by Margaret his wife, daughter of Richard Evans, was father
to John Roberts (born 1648), Richard Roberts and Anne Rob-
erts. Both his brother, Richard, and his sister, Anne, appear
to have removed with John Roberts to Pennsylvania in 1683.

John Roberts brought a servant with him from Wales,
and engaged others after his arrival. His first business was to
clear his 150 acres which had been surveyed to him along the
Schuylkill, just above the Blockley line. Here he built a fine
old mansion, yet standing, and now the home of his descend-
ant, George B. Roberts, Esq., of Bala. This tract was directly

'The writer has in his possession a copy of a very curious and detailed pedigree
of this family made out by a Welsh Herald during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
In it all of the various marriages, from Collwyn down, and the children of each
generation, are given. It is, unfortunately, too voluminous to insert here. It ap-
pears that the elder sons married very early, whilst the line from which John
Roberts came, being younger sons, married late in life, making quite a difference
between the ages of the same generations. Thus, although Thomas ap Owen
Griffith Morris died about 1625 or 1630, at an advanced age, yet his second cousin
lived until 1675.

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westward of the land taken up by his wife, which extended to
the Schuylkill River. He married, "at Friends Meeting-
House in Lower Merion," the 20th day of the First-month,
1684 (" being first marriage at said meeting-house"), Gainor
Roberts, daughter of Robert ap Hugh (or Pugh), of Llynded-
wydd, near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, and sister of Hugh
Roberts, Provincial Councillor, of Pennsylvania.

John Roberts became a very prominent man in the Col-
ony. He held the office of Justice of the Peace, and was
elected to the Provincial Assembly. The old books of the
Board of Property give us some interesting details concerning
his real estate transactions. It seems that besides his 150
acres and the lot which his wife had for her share in the John
ap Thomas and Dr. Edward Jones purchase, John Roberts
bought in 1699, of one Andrew Wheeler, a Swede, a tract of
land in Merion, and Liberties, " on the westerly side of the
Schilckeel, by the Falls, Beginning at a hickory marked tree
standing by ye Schilckeel, thence North 620, West, by land
late of said Andrew Wheeler, but sold to the Garretsons, 320
Perches, to another Hickory tree, by a Runn side next the land
of John Roberts, from thence down by said Runn to a Spanish
oake standing by the Schilckeel, and from thence down the
several courses of the said Schilckeel, to the place of Begin-
ning, Containing 60 acres1 of Land," being a part of that 400
acres surveyed by Richard Noble for one Swan Loin, the 24th
of Third- month, 1 681, by virtue of a warrant from the Court
at Upland, being dated First-month, 1677, pursuant to the
petition of Lace Andreas in behalf of John and Andreas
Wheeler for 300 acres. "And the said John Wheeler having
died, the said Andreas is his sole heir." It will thus be seen
that John Roberts' original purchase was almost surrounded
by Swede holdings ; the Wheelers on one side, and the Gar-
retsons, afterwards called Garrett, on the other.

Some time before 1700 he purchased the land-rights of
various servants brought here by Hugh Roberts, John Bevan,

»It proved to be 113 by resurvey in 1703.

104 Metion in the Welsh Tract.

and others, amounting altogether to 750 acres of land, which
he afterwards sold to Owen Roberts, who, however, never paid
for or claimed the same, so that John Roberts left it in his will
to his son Robert.

By resurvey in 1703, the original purchase from Richard
Davies proved to be but 130 acres. At the same time John
Roberts held in Merion, under right of Patent John ap Thomas
and Dr. Edward Jones, 108 acres, as per resurvey, and 262
acres in Goshen.

Part of this was land belonging to his wife, and part that
purchased from Cadwallader Morgan and Hugh Jones, 1687.
From Cadwalader Morgan he had 76% acres, from Hugh
Jones 76% acres, and in right of his wife 153^ acres, being
in all 306}^ acres, which being resurveyed in 1703, showed an
overplus of 33^ acres, but the tract under the Patent of
Richard Davies proved 20 acres short, so that it was only
necessary to have a patent for 13^ acres on this tract and 47
acres of the Wheeler tract. John Roberts died 6th June, 1724,
and Gainor, his wife, 20th February, 1722, aged 69 years.
They were both buried at the Merion Meeting. He had ac-
cumulated a very considerable amount of property, which he
left to his son and daughter.

The following is a very full abstract of his will :

" Know all men by these Presents, That I John Roberts
of the Township of Merion in the County of Philadelphia, in
the Province of Pennsylvania, being weak in Body etc."

" To my only son and heir apparent, Robert Roberts, my
house and Plantation with the Edifice and Building thereon,
and all the Land belonging thereto, and all the Lands and
Lots belonging to me in this Province whatsoever or where-
soever— Together with all my right Title and interest in and
to the 750 acres of land which I sold to Owen Roberts ver-
bally, at £6 per the hundred, some years since, but am not
paid for it, to the only use and behoof of my said son Robert
Roberts and his Heirs forever."

" To my daughter Elizabeth Roberts ^200 and one half
of all my household stuff, and all my personal estate.

" To my grandsons John, Alban, Rees, and Phineas the
sum of £20.

Roberts, of Pencoyd.

105

" To my brother Richard, 40 shillings, also to his daugh-
ter Margaret 40 shillings.

" To my niece Margaret, my sister Annes' daughter, 40
shillings.

" To the disposal of Friends of the Monthly Meeting
(Merion) to the use of poor Friends, £5, that is to say the
principal to remain upon interest, and the interest thereof to
be received and disposed of yearly."

Son Robert, and daughter Elizabeth, Executors, and his
" Dear Friends Robert Jones, Robert Evans, and Thomas
Jones to be overseers."

Dated 3d of Seventh-month, 1722. Proved at Philadel-
phia 31 August, 1724. The witnesses being Edward George,
Gainor Jones, Thomas Jones. (Will Book D, page 397.)

John and Gainor Roberts had issue: 1, Robert, b. 15th
Twelfth-month, 1685 ; 2, Elizabeth, b. 21st First-month, 1692;
d. 9th September, 1746.

ROBERT ROBERTS, only son of John and Gainor,
born in Merion, 15th Twelfth-month, 1685, died in the same
township, 17th March, 1768.
He married at Merion Meet-
ing, 17th of Fourth-month,
1709, Sidney Reese, daughter
of Reese Evan, of Penmaen,
Merionethshire, Wales. Reese
Evan was son of Evan Reese,
of Penmaen (Fronween), who
married a daughter of John ap
Thomas, of Llaethgwm,
"gentleman," died 1683, son
of Thomas ap Hugh ap Evan
ap Rees Goch ap Tudor ap
Rees ap Evan Goch, of Bry-
ammer, in the parish of Cerrig y Druidion, and county Den-
bigh, descended from Marchweithian, Lord of Isaled, Merion-
ethshire. [Gules, a lion rampant, argent., armed and langued

'From MS. pedigree or parchment dated 1682, in possession of a descendant,
w. T.— 14.

LORD OF ISALED1.
Gules, a lion rampant, argent.

106 Merion in the Welsh Tract,

Azure.] Sidney Roberts died 29 June, 1764, aged 74 years.
They were both buried at the Merion Meeting. His will has
been abstracted as follows :

Will of " Robert Roberts, of the Township of Merion in
the Province of Pennsylvania, being antient and Infirm of
Body." Dated 4th of Seventh-month, 1764. Proved at Phila-
delphia 26th March, 1768.

" Unto my eldest son John, and to his heirs forever the
plantation where he now lives — containing 180 acres.

Bounded on the Northward by land late of Robert Evans
deed. On the westward by land late of John Griffith deed.
On the Southward by the Township Line Road to the Ford
road, thence by the land I sold to Rudolph Latch, to the line ef
John Garret's Land. Thence North Eastward by Garret's land
to a corner marked Hickory tree on the line of my mother's
original purchase, and from thence by land of the said John
Garrett, South 64° east 76 perches to a corner stone in the
said Garrett's line, thence by the land herein given and de-
vised to my son Phineas north 66° 30' east 76 perches to a
corner stone and north 41 ° east 34 perches to the River Schuyl-
kill, thence up the several courses thereof to the line of the
aforesaid Robert Evans land.

To son Phineas — the remaining part of the land my
father bought of Andrew Wheeler, bounded Northward by
the lines mentioned dividing this from my son Johns Land,
westward by John Garretts land, southward by land hereto-
fore granted to my said son Phineas, and on the eastward by
the said Schuylkill river, — Containing 30 acres."

" To my daughter Sidney Paul £50. "

Remainder of Personal estate to sons John and Phineas
and son in-law John Paul. Witnesses : Richard George Jr.
David Lloyd John Roberts Jr. (Will Book O, page 218, etc.)

Robert and Sidney Roberts had the following children :
1, John, b. 26th Fourth-month, 1710; 2, Alban, b. 17th
Seventh-month, 1712; d. 6th October, 1727 ; 3, Reese, b. 17th
Sixth-month, 1715 ; d. 24 October, 1755 ; 4, Phineas, b. 13th
of Third-month, 1722; 5, Elizabeth, b. 21st Seventh-month,
1727; 19th October, 1727; 6, Sidney, b. 9th Third-month,
1729; m. John Paul.

Roberts, of Pencoyd. 107

JOHN ROBERTS, eldest son of Robert and Sidney, born
in Merion, 26th of Fourth-month, 17 10; died there 13th Janu-
ary. * 776- He married Rebecca, daughter of Jonathan Jones
(born 21 Twelfth-month, 1709-10), at Merion Meeting-House,
4th of Third-month, 1733. Jonathan Jones was son of Dr.
Edward Jones (by Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne,

Speaker of the Assembly). The
mother of Rebecca, and wife of
Jonathan Jones, was Gainor,
daughter of Robert Owen, of Merion (see that family), Jus-
tice of the Peace and member of the Provincial Assembly, died
1697. Rebecca Roberts departed this life 8 December, 1779.

John Roberts had before his death given a large part of
his lands to his sons :

His will was as follows :

"John Roberts of Merion in the County of Philadelphia,
in the Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being Indisposed of
Body. Provision for wife by Lease to his son Algernon, dated
1st Sept 1775."

To her also a portion of his household goods.

" Unto my son Algernon Roberts and his heirs forever,
that part of my plantation my father bought of Joseph Abra-
ham, situate in Blockley,, bounded Northward by Merion
Township line to the Ford Road, Southward by the line of
David George's Land and Eastward by Morten Garrett's line
and on the Northeastward by the middle of the New road on
Algernon Roberts line — Containing 50 acres."

A lot in Plymouth to him also.

" To said Algernon and his heirs, the messuage and plan-
tation and all that part of the Tract of land whereon we now
live above the new Road, bounded Eastward by the said new
Road, Northward by Thomas Norris and John Leacocks Land,
Westward by Jacob Bealert's and William Stadleman's lands,
and on the Southward by Blockley Township," Containing 100
acres (after his mothers decease).

Eldest son Jonathan Roberts 27 acres and 100 perches
adjoining Schuylkill in Blockley, leased " by my father to
William Denny Esq.

" and also as a token of my love a silver Tankard or
other Plate he may choose to the value of £20."

io8 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

" To my son Benjamin Roberts .£50."
"To my son John Roberts £50; son Robert Roberts
£50, and my Right and share in the Library of Philadelphia."
" To my son Edward Roberts £50."
" To my daughter Elizabeth Palmer, wife of John Palmer,

£40."

" To my daughter Tacey Palmer £40."

" To my grandson John Roberts, the son of Benjamin,

£1°-" ' r. J

Loving brothers Owen Jones, Jacob Jones, and my friend

and kinsman James L Jones the younger Trustees.

Dated October, 1775. Proved at Philadelphia 7th Feb-
ruary, 1776. (Will Book Q, page 249, etc.)

Witnesses: John Roberts, Miller, Rees Price, Hugh
Cully.

John and Rebecca Roberts had issue : 1, Jonathan, b. 30
March, 1734; 2, Gainor, b. 30 January, 1735 ; d. 12 June,
1761 ; 3, Alban, b. 7 September, 1738 ; d. 24 February, 1772 ;
4, Elizabeth, b. 18 August, 1740; m. Thomas Palmer; d. 24
October, 1782 ; 5, Mary, b. 5 July, 1742 ; d. 23 August, 177 1 ;
6, Tacy, b. 2 September, 1744; d. 3d August, 1791; 7,
Benjamin, b. 27 August, 1746; 8, John, b. 16 November,
1747 ; 9, Robert, b. 10 October, 1749, d. unm. ; 10, Algernon,
b. 24 January, 1751; 11, Franklin, b. 27 November, 1752
(N. S.), d. 1 S December, 1774; 12, Edward, b. 1 January, 1755.

ALGERNON ROBERTS, born in Merion, 24th Janu-
ary, 1751; died there. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the
Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia, 1777.

He married at Philadelphia, by Rev. M. Hultgreen,
Swedish minister, 18th January, 1 781, at Old Swedes' Church,
Tacy Warner, daughter of Colonel Isaac Warner, of Blockley.

Colonel Warner, of the Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia
County Militia, was descended from William Warner, of Dray-
cott, Blockley Parish, Worcestershire, England (son of John
Warner), who came to Pennsylvania about 1660. (See War-
ner.) They had issue :

1, Rebecca, b. 26 January, 1782.

2, Lydia, b. 3d December, 1783.

Roberts, of Pencoyd. 109

3, John, b. 5 March, 1787; d. 30th January, 1837. He
m. first, 12 March, 181 2, Sarah Jones (b. 21 August 1791, d.

4 May, 1823), and had issue: Mary Jones, b. 26 January,
1 81 3; d. 1 March, 18 19; William Warner, b. 4 March, 18 15
(m. Emily Jones); Esther Jones, b. 14 June, 1817, m. William
Howell (son of William Howell and Abigail, of Trenton) ;
Tacy, b. 23 August, 1820, m. Samuel Mattson; Sarah, b. 12
April, 1823, m. Nathan T. Clapp, who died 30 September,
1 89 1, issue: Frank Clapp.

John Roberts married secondly, 12 May, 1830, Lydia
Pratt (b. 28 May, 1794), by whom he had no issue.

4, Isaac Warner, b. 15 March, 1789; d. 19 September,
1859. He m. first 20 March, 1817, Emily Thomas (b. 29 De-
cember, 1 79S ; d. 4 March, 1825), and had: Rebecca, b. 15
December, 1817, d. 27 January, 1895, unm. ; Mary, b. 2
April, 1 8 19; m. Col. Owen Jones, of Wynnewood (descended
from Dr. Edward Jones) ; Gainor, b. 18 March, 1821; Emily, b.

5 July, 1823, d. 25 November, 1824.

Isaac Warner Roberts, m. secondly, 22 February, 1827,
Rosalinda Evans Brooke, daughter of George and Hannah
Brooke (she was b. 1 July, 1800; d. 21 June, 1873), and had
by her: Algernon, d. 5 November, 1868, unm.; and George
B. Roberts, m. first Sarah Lapsley Brinton, secondly Miriam
Pyle Williams.

5, Gainor, b. 23 January, 1791.

6, Ann, b. 19 May, 1793.

7, Elizabeth, b. 9 August, 1795 ; d. 30 January, 1837; m.
Miles Carpenter.

8, Algernon Sidney, b. 29 March, 1798 ; d. 14 Septem-
ber, 1865. He m. 10 April, 1823, Elizabeth, daughter Cap-
tain Anthony Cuthbert, of Philadelphia (and Mary Ogden, his
wife), (she was born 22 February, 1802; died 9 December,
1 891), and had by her: Mary, d. 1 June, 183 1; AnthonyCuth-
bert, d. 10 February, 1891, m. Ellen Chase; Algernon Syd-
ney ; Percival, m. Eleanor Williamson ; Elizabeth Cuthbert ;

no Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Josephine, d. 3 October, 1835; Frances Anna; George Theo-
dore, m. Sarah Cazenore Greene.

9, Edward, b. 29 June, 1800; d. 3 November, 1872; m.
May, 1825, Mary Elizabeth Reford (b. 3 August, 1801 ; d. 15
August, 1862), and had : Elizabeth Reford, m. Lewis S. Ware;
Anna Frances, b. 7 November, 1827, d. 13 October, 1890, m.
Edward Browning (and had Edward Browning, of Philadel-
phia) ; William Lehman, unm. ; Edward, b. 22 September,
1832, m. Martha Price Evans; Mary Warner, m. first Stephen
W. Dana, secondly Roberts C. Eskens ; Adelaide, m. Daniel
Francis Shaw, M. D. ; Clara, m. Goffredo Galli ; Albert, b. 1
April, 1841, d. 2 April, 1842; Howard, b. April, 1843, m-
Helen Pauline Davis Lewis.

10, George Washington, b. 10 June, 1802.

11, Tacy, b. 9 February, 1805.

HUGH JOHN THOMAS, OF MERION.

Hugh John, the purchaser of 156^ acres of the Merion
Company's land in 1682, is described as of Nantleidiog, Penllyn,
Merionethshire, yeoman. He was a fairly prosperous man,
and a member of the Society of Friends. His land, near Mill
Creek, ran to the Schuylkill River, and at one time he was
engaged in milling. As we have seen his deed bore date of
18 March, 1682. He is also designated in various documents,
Hugh John Thomas, which is to say, Hugh, the son of John
Thomas, and Hugh Jones. Presuming Hugh John to have
been born about 1655, his father, John Thomas, must have
been born circa. 1625. His wife may have come over with
him, but if so she died soon after — but no record remains con-
cerning her. He married secondly in Merion, Fifth-month
1 6th, 1686, Margaret David, of Merion, who appears to have
died soon after, for he married again Eleventh-month 18th,
1693, Ann Williams, of Radnor, Spinster, at Radnor Meeting,
who died 1700. He then married, Ninth-month 22d, 1703,
Margaret Edwards, of Merion ; and having previously re-
moved to Plymouth, after selling all his land in Merion, he
died there in 1727, leaving issue: Hugh Jones, who died in
Plymouth, 1739, unmarried, and Joseph Jones^ born Fourth-
month 1 2th, 1697, of whom nothing has been ascertained.

TRAHAIRN GOCH.
Azures a chevron between three Dolphins naiant embowed argent.

THE OWEN FAMILY, OF MERION, IN PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND ALLIED LINES.

I. TRAHAIRN GOCH AP MADOC, considered the
head of this genealogy, is usually described as of Llyn in
Caernarvonshire, and was descended from the Princes of South
Wales, being a grandson of Rhys Gloff (the lame), Lord of
Cymytmaen. He appears in ministers' accounts, being men-
tioned as father to David Goch, and it is probable that he died
prior to the 18th year of Edward II.
[1325]. He was possessed of the lands
of Penllech in the hundred of Cymyt-
maen, in the Cantref of Llyn, and also
the district called Graianog, besides nu-
merous other lands in different parts of
Caernarvonshire. It was owing to his
vast possessions in the Cantref Llyn,
which, beside Cymytmaen, contained
the Comots of Dinlhayn and Canolog,
that he acquired the title of " O Llyn."
He married Gwenervyl, daughter of Madog ap Meurig ap
Madog ap Ioreth ap Cyndel ap Elystan Glodrydd, Lord of
Fferyllwg. Trahairn Goch assumed the arms of the Lords

ELYSTAN GLODRYDD.

Gules a lion regardant or*

Oiven Family. 113

of Cymy tmaen, from whom he descended, viz. : Azure, a chev-
ron between three dolphins naiant embowed, argent. Trahairn
had issue: David Goch, of whom presently, Trahairn Gam,
Ithel Talfrith, Madog, Meredydd.

II. DAVID GOCH seems to have been the eldest son
of Trahairn Goch. The custom of gavel-kind, however, gave
him only a proportion of his father's vast possessions. We
find, though, that he was powerful enough to make himself
both feared and respected by his warlike and troublesome
neighbors. His lands probably included a large part of Pen-
llech ; with parts of the Mills of Bodwda, Newith, and Vag-
heys in Cymytmaen ; in the hundred of Issaph he was holder
of extensive farms in the ville of Nouum Burgum and neigh-
borhood1.

The lands of Graianog also fell to his share.

David Goch was besides lessee of certain crown lands in
Caernarvonshire.

In an ancient MS., long preserved at Rug, in Merioneth-
shire (Harl. MS., 1974), consisting of transcripts of ministers'
accounts, etc., relating to Wales, it appears that under the des-
ignation of "DAFYDD GOCH AP TRAHAERN," he was
" firmar man. ii Neugolf," i. e., lessee of the manor of Neugolf,
in the hundred of Cymytmaen, in the 18th year of Edward II.
(1325), and that he was living on Friday, the 9th day of No-
vember, 1329.

He married Maud2, daughter of David Lloyd, ap Cynveloc,
ap Llewelyn. According to the Visitations of the Herald
Lewis Dwnn and other MS., the latter was a son of Prince
David, ap Llewelyn the Great. Prince David's mother was
the Princess Joanna, a natural daughter of John, King of
England, by Agatha, daughter of Ferrers, fourth Earl of
Derby.

David Lloyd's wife was Anne, daughter of " Y gwyn
Lloyd, of Rhiwaedog," ap Madog, ap Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of
Penllyn.

'Records of Caernarvon.
2Dwnn II., 175.

w. T. — 15.

1 14 Merion in tlie Welsh Tract.

David Goch had issue :

1. David Vaughan, of Bodreeth and Penllech,
living 1352, who had four sons all of them of
age in that year1.

2. Ievan Goch, of whom presently.

3. Meredydd, who had issue.

4. John Carreg Bach, of Carreg. [Hist. Powys
Fadog.]

III. IEVAN GOCH appears to have been the second
son ; he was a man of very considerable influence, and held
large possessions in Caernarvonshire. It is difficult to deter-
mine definitely the date of his birth, but it must have been
circa 131 2, for we find that his nephew, David Meryne, son of
his brother, David Vaughan, of Penllech and Bodreeth, was of
age in or before 1352, in which year he died, leaving two in-
fant sons.

Ievan Goch was the second man on the jury for taking the
extent of the hundred of Cymytmaen, at Nevyn, on the next
Thursday after the Festival of St. James the Apostle, in the
26th year of Edward III. (1352). The record of which event
being as follows2 :

KEM. Extenta eisdem comoti facta apud Nevyn die Jouis
Px' postf'm Sci Jacobi Apli Anno r' r' E. tertij
a conq'vi vicesimo sexto p. Sacrm & examinacon
cui' It ten eisdem comoti tarn lidos qdm nati' os &
p' ea ex? a i' ota p. Sacrm Xij libos & leg' ho' i'
m ei d' m com vs.
Ithell Duy

Jeuan ap David Goch
Jos ap Mad
David ap Jos Vaughan
Hi ap Blethin
Jeuan ap Atha
Griffvth ap Mad

■Records of Caernarvon. A

"Records of Caernarvon, Ad Walliam Spectantis, 26 Edw. Ill, E codice MS.
to Harl. 696 et 4776.

Owen Family.

Ken ap Mad

Mad Cogh

David ap Hi

Mad ap Md

Jeuan ap lower
He is generally described in MS. pedigrees of families de-
scended from him, as of Penllech and Graianog ; he resided
near the former ville and within, probably, the bounds of the
present parish of that name, but it cannot be ascertained that
on the division of his father's lands, according to the custom of
" gavel-kind," any great portion of David Goch's possessions
there (in this ancient ville proper) fell to his share. He was,
however, holder of many lands in the hundred of Cymytmaen
and elsewhere, a part of which had been his father's.

We find him in the year 1352, second owner of the Wele
" Res ap Seisilth " in the ville of Bodreeth ; he had a part of
the Mills of Bodwrda, Newith and Vagheys, and was one of
the heirs to the ville Tyndowet in the same comot. In the
hundred of Issaph he appears as heir to his father in two farms
in the ville of Nouum Burgum, near to the hamlet of Mergh-
lyn ; and was also heir to the Gavel called " Gavel David
Goch." In the hundred of Meney in Anglesea he seems to
have been co-heir with one Einion ap Grono, probably his
cousin, to the fourth part of the Wele
called " Menoowe ap Moredik," in the
ville of Pothamal1.

An interest in the lands of Graianog
also remained to him.

Ievan Goch married Eva, daughter
of Einion ap Celynin, of Llwydiarth in
Montgomeryshire. This Einion, under
the designation of " Anian ap Celynin,"
had a grant from John de Charleton,

^\^=

EINION AP CELYNIN.
Sable, a he-goat, argen

Lord Powis, of Weston, in the ville of Pennayrth, in Glas-
meynoc, on the Thursday after the decollation of St. John the

"Records Caernarvon.

n 6 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Baptist, 14th year of Edward III. (1340)1. There is but little
information concerning Ievan Goch, subsequent to 1352, so
that the date of his death is uncertain.

His brother-in-law, Lleweln ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, was
living as late as 7 Henry V2.
Ievan Goch had issue :

1. Meredydd, who inherited part of his father's

lands3.
1 . 2. Madoc, of whom presently.
3. Morfydd, who married Meredydd, of Evio-
nyd ; he held the Lordship of Gest in the 6th
of Richard IK

IV. MADOC AP IEVAN GOCH, of Penllechs, a
younger son, was probably born in the parish of Penllech
circa 1355-60. He is described in one MS. pedigree as
" MADG AB IEVAN GOCH 0 PENLLECH, hynau gwyr
yr YSBYTY" (i. e., ancestor to the gentlemen of Ysputty-
Ievan) in Denbighshire6, to which place he appears to have re-
moved. Ysputty-Ievan is a parish in the union of Llan-Rwst,
composed of the townships of Tir-Ievan and Tribrys in the
comot of Isaled in Denbighshire, and the township of Eidda,
in the comot of Nant Conway, Caernarvonshire.

Some idea of the time in which Madoc lived may be
gathered from the fact that his brother-in-law, Meredydd, of
Evionyd, was Lord of Gest, 6 Richard II. ; that his uncle,
Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, was living 7 Henry V.,
and that his sister's will was proved 1416'. Dwnn does not
give the name of his wife, and only mentions one son : Deikws
Ddu.

V. DEIKWS DDU AP MADOC1, of Ysputty-Ievan,
was born circa 1395. He married, according to the Herald

■Montg. Coll., Vol. IV.

'Ibid.

3Dwnn II., 175.

♦Montg. Coll.

5Dwnn II., 278-9.

«Ibid. II., 175.

'MS. Rowland E. Evans. Note to Dwnn.

Owen Family.

117

Lewis Dwnn, Gwen, daughter of levari Ddu ap Meirig ap
Madog ap Gwillim ap Madog Vychan ap Madog ap Maelog
Crwm, Lord of the comot of Llechwedd Issaf, and of Creuddyn,
the Promontory of the Great and Little Orme's Head. Mae-
log lived circa. 1175, "as Sir Thomas William's Book aver-
reth2 ;" his (Maelog's) arms were argent, on a chevron sable,
three angels or.

Only one son is mentioned : Einion ap Deikvvs Ddu.

VI. EINION AP DEIKWS DDU, of Ysputty-Ievan,
was born circa 1430, and died in or before the year 15 14.
His second cousin, David Vaughan, of Penllech, is mentioned
in ministers' accounts, Chapter House, Westminster, in 148 1,
as living that year.

Einion married3 Morvydd, daughter of Matw ap Llowarch
ap Gwyn ap Llewelyn ap Meredydd
ap Llewelyn ap Llowarch ap Urien
ap Tegwored ap Rotpert ap Asser ap
Meredydd Goch, of Llyn, son of Coll-
wyn ap Tangno, Lord of Llyn.

Einion had three sons: Howell
Goch, of whom presently; Ievan4, liv-
ing 1514; David, living 1514.

VII. HOWELL AP EINION collwynap tangno.
was of Ysputty-Ievan, and was living 6 SM'^ZTiyS'!Z'Z^"' *"""
Henry VIII (i5i4)s. He married

Mali (Mary), daughter of Llewelyn ap Ievan ap Iolyn ap
Cynwrig ap Llowarch ap Cynddelw ap Ithel Velyn ap
Llewelyn Eurdorchog, of Ial, in Flintshire6.

"Dwnn's Visitations, II., 278-9.

2" Lyfe William Cynwal."

3Dwnn, II., 278-9.

«MS. R. E. Evans.

sDwnn II., 278-9.

fLlewelyn Eurdorchog was the son of Coel, ap Gweryd ap Cynddelw ap
Elgud ap Gwrisnadd ap Dwyng ap Llythyraur ap Tegawg ap Dyforfrath ap
Madog ap Sanddef Bryd Angel ap Llywarch Hen, Prince of the Strath Clyde
Britons, and so to Brute, the first King of the island of Britain.

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The mother of Mali was Dyddgu,
daughter of Einion Lydan, of Foelas
in Ysputty, ap Tudor ap Cynwrig ap
Cadwgan ap Einion ap Llowarch ap
Heilin ap Tivid ap Tangno ap Ysd-
wyth ap Marchwysth ap March-
weithian, Lord of Isaled in Merioneth-
shire.

Howell had two sons :

i. Griffith ap Howell.

LLEWELYN EURDORCHOG.

2. David ap Howell1, who •**««. « Hon rampant gardanf

r ' his tail between his legs and re-

Vlarl TnVin ar> T"lai7ir1 fleeted over his tack, or, armed

naa jonn ap uavia, and ta„gUed gults.
who had Wm. Cynwal, SirRhys Cynwal, who
was Vicar of Langwm in 1 591 ; Thomas Cyn-
wal, and Catharine.

VIII. GRIFFITH AP HOWELL AP EINION2 of
Ysputty-Ievan, was born circa 1480 to
1495, or probably as late as 1500. He
married Gwenllian, daughter of Einion
ap Ievan Lloyd, ap Madoc ap Ierwerth
ap Llewelyn Chwith, ap Cynwrig, ap
Bleddyn Lloyd of Havod Un Nos in
the parish of Llangerniw in the Lord-
^ ship of Rhuvoniog, ap Bleddyn Vychan,
ap Bleddyn ap Gwrn ap Rhaiad Vach,
descended from Hedd Molwynog,
imsuied, or, founder of the 9th Noble Tribe of

Wales, a native of Denbighshire. (Sable, a hart, argent, at-
tired and unguled or.) The mother of Gwenllian was Gwen-
hwyfar, daughter of Gronwy ap David, ap Griffith ap Griffith
Gethin ap Cynwrig ap Gronwy ap Ierwerth ap Casswallon ap
Hwva ap Ithel Velyn ap Llewelyn Awdorchog. The mother

BLEDDYN LLOYD.
Sable, a hart argent, attired and

'Dwnn.

2Dwnn II., 278-9.

Owen Family.

119

ITHEL VELYN.

Sable, on a chevron between three
goats1 heads, erased, or three tre-
foils, slipped of the field.

of Gwenhwyfar was Anne, daughter of [~
Griffith ap Llewelyn ap Ievan ap
Rhys Gethin ap Griffith Vychan ap
Griffith ap David Goch, Lord of Pen-
manchno, Carnarvonshire. This David
Goch was the son of David ap Griffith,
Prince of Wales, who was executed
1282, by Edward I, King of England,
for high treason, being hanged, drawn
and quartered.

David Goch married Angharad,
daughter of Heilin ap Sir Tudor, Knt, of Nant and Llangy-
nhafel, whose wife was descended from the Norman family,
of Clare, and also from Robert Fitz Roy, Earl of Gloucester,
natural son of Henry I., King of England.

Rhys ap Ievan, ap Llewelyn Chwith, a brother of Ior-
werth, ap Ievan above mentioned, and probably also Iorwerth,
was Esquire to the body of Edward IV., and " was very
unruly in the Lancasterian wars." Griffith ap Howell had
issue :

1. David, married Elizabeth, d. Rhys of Gerrig
y Druidion. (Kerrig y Druidion, Denbg.)

2. Edward, had issue.

3. Lewis, of whom presently.

4. Catharine, married Sir Robert ap Rhys ap
Sion, of Ysputty-Ievan ; their son, Robert m.
Ellis d. of Nicholas Mootle of Aber Conway,
their d. Mary m. her cousin Sir Ievan
(Evan) Lloyd ap William Lewis.

IX. LEWIS AP GRIFFITH, third son, was born circa
1525, and it is probable that he resided in Ysputty-Ievan all
his life. He died prior to 1601.

He married Ellen, daughter of Edward ap Evan, Esquire,
of Llanwddyn Parish, Montgomeryshire, who was son of Evan
ap Tudor ap Deio ap Evan Ddu. The wife of Edward ap
Evan was Catharine, daughter of Griffith ap Llewelyn ap
Einion, son of David ap Evan ap Einion, the celebrated Con-

120

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

stable of Harlech Castle (descended from the house of Cors y
Gedol), whose wife, Margaret Puleston, was a descendant of
Edward I. (See Cors y Gedol, and Puleston in Dwnn.)

The mother of Edward ap Evan was Morvydd, daughter
of Evan ap Morris ; her mother being Gwenhwyfr, daughter
of Griffith ap David. The children of Lewis ap Griffith were :

1. David Lewis, married Marsley, d. David ap
Rhys of Lan Uvydd, and had issue a d. and
heiress.

2. William Lewis ; d. prior to 1601, married
Margaret d. Lewis David of Ddyfryn Cloyd,
and had issue, Sir (Rev.) Ievan (Evan) Lloyd
of Landav, living 1601 ; who had issue, Ed-
ward and Margaret, both born before 1601.

3. Evan Lewis, married Gwen, d. " William
Chwaer infam ag. Edward ap Hugh Pry-
dydd."

Robert Lewis, of whom presently.
John Lewis, died young.
Cadwallader Lewis, issue.

X. ROBERT LEWIS, fourth son of Lewis ap Griffith,
of the parish of Ysputty-Ievan in Denbighshire, was born circa
1555. He appears to have been the first of his family to re-
move to Merionethshire, where he settled upon a large farm
on the Rhiwlas estate, near Bala, belonging to the Price
family, who also came from Ysputty-Ievan. The Parish Reg-
ister of Llandderfel contains the follow-
ing entry, Rhiwlas being mostly within
that Parish: "Robert Lowice 14th
February Sepultuo, 1645." This would
make him about ninety years old at the
time of his death.

He married Gwervyl, daughter of
Llewelyn ap David, of Llan Rwst,
Denbighshire, descendant from David
Goch, of Penmanchno, and had by her
six sons and six daughters : Cadwal-

4-
5-
6.

DAVID GOCH OF PEN-
MANCHNO.

Sable, a lion rampant, argent, in
a border engrailed, or

o
o*

n ^

3- ^

O O

P o

* o.

a
p

Owen Family. 121

lader, Thomas, John, Evan, of whom presently, Hugh, Hum-
phrey, Lowry, Margaret, Jane, Catharine, Ellen, Margaret.

XL EVAN ROBERT LEWIS1, fourth son of Robert
Lewis, was born in the Parish of Ysputty-Ievan, in Denbigh-
shire, circa 1585, and died at Fron Goch, in the Parish of
Llandderfel in the Comot of Penllyn, Merionethshire, circa
1662.

One of the early manuscript pedigrees of this family
states that Evan Robert Lewis " removed from Rhiwlas to
Fron Goch." Rhiwlas is the estate of the Price family, who,
as we have stated, came from Ysputty-Ievan. I am inclined
to think that at the time of his decease
Evan held, under lease, lands on the
Price estate, near Rhiwlas village, as
well as the Fron Goch place2.

The farm called Fron Goch is situ-
ate partly in the township of Ucheldref
in Llanfor Parish and partly in the
Parish of Llandderfel. The farm lands
of Fron Goch have always paid tithes
to both Llandderfel and Llanfor rhirid flaidd.

• 1 m, ./. e t» t» i- Vert a chevron between three

Churches. lhe Wife Of h,Van Robert woh-es' heads, erased argent.

Lewis was named Jane, and she was probably the heiress of
Fron Goch and descended from Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of Pen-
llyn. They had issue : John ap Evan, Cadwallader ap Evan,
died unm., Owen ap Evan of whom presently, Griffith ap
Evan, and Evan ap Evan, ancestor of the Gwynedd settlers.
(See Evans branch, under article on Rowland Ellis.)

XII. OWEN AP EVAN, of Fron Goch1, near Bala, in
the comot of Penllyn, third son of Evan Robert Lewis, was
born probably prior to his father's removal from Rhiwlas,
which event may have occurred subsequent to 1636. Owen

"Dwnn's visit, Wales, 1601. MS. pedigree of the Owen family. MS. pedi-
gree of the Evans family, 1750-1797, Pennsylvania.
*Land titles, Penllyn, Mer.

w. T.-

122 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

ap Evan died at Fron Goch prior to 6th of First-month, 1678.
From records extant it appears that .

his wife's name was Gainor John2, Clojws^V AoQyu.
and that she was living and signed -J '

the marriage settlement and marriage certificate of her son,
Robert Owen, 6th of First-month, and 1 Ith day of the same,
1678, but appears to have died 14 December of the same year,
and was buried at Llanfor church, the 16th, not, apparently,
being in membership with Friends. Owen and Gainor had
issue, five children :

1. Robert, b. circa 1657; m- Rebecca Owen.

2. Owen, supposed to have d. s. p.

3. Evan, who re- f^jT" ' Of
mained in Wales. **tf*nKJL ^Tff^n.

4. Jane, m. Hugh Roberts.

5. Ellin, m. Cadwalader Thomas ap Hugh.

XIII. ROBERT OWEN3, son of Owen ap Evan, of
Fron Goch, and Gainor, born at Fron Goch, Merionethshire,

"Owen ap Evan had several brothers (see charts), of whom John ap Evan
was father of William John, of Gwynedd, and of Griffith John, of Merion, early
settlers in Pennsylvania. Further on
it will be noticed that Robert Owen in
his will mentions his " cousin Griffith
John," thus confirming the account
given in the old manuscript from which
the above statement is partly taken.
Evan ap Evan, another son of Evan Robert Lewis, was father of the Evans
brothers who settled at Gwynedd. The children of Griffith John called them-
selves " Griffiths," and those of William, " Williams." The descendants of Owen
ap Evan assumed the surname of Owen.

2She is supposed to have been the daughter of John Lloyd, Esquire, of
Gwern y Brychdwn, in the township of Nant y Friar (see another page), and if so,
was baptized in Llandderfel church, 13 September, 1629. [Llandderfel Reg-
ister.!

sThere was another Robert Owen and Jane, his wife, of Dolsereu, near Ddl-
gelly, Merionethshire, who came to Pennsylvania in 1684, on the "Vine," and
settled on Duck Creek, New Castle (now Delaware), where a son, Edward
Owen, had previously located. Robert and Jane died in 1685. They had nine
sons, all of age before their arrival here, of whom I can name only Lewis, who
came with them, settled on Duck Creek and left descendants. Dr. Griffith Owen,
who accompanied them, and died in Philadelphia; Edward, who remained on
Duck Creek and left descendants, Robert Owen, eldest son and heir, who con-
tinued to reside on the Dolserey estate, and left issue. (Register of DOlgelly
Parish Church. See Appendix.)

Owen Family. 123

Wales, circa 1657 ; died in Merion Township, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania, Tenth-month 8th, 1697, and was buried
in the ground of the Merion Friends' Meeting on the 10th of
the same month. His brother-in-law, Hugh Roberts, says of
him : " He was one that feared the Lord from his youth, being
convinced of the truth when about seventeen years of age
. . . traveling several times through his native country,
Wales, where he was of good service. In 1690 he came into
Pennsylvania, where he lived about seven years, visiting this
and the adjacent provinces, and was also very useful in the
meeting where he resided, ... a man of peace, hating all
appearance of contention, endued with wisdom and authority,
yet merciful unto the least appearance of good in such as he
had to do withal."

Regarding his earlier life in Merionethshire many partic-
ulars have been obtained. The following from " Besse's Suf-
ferings of Friends," Vol. I., p. 755, is the first mention we have
of him as a Quaker: "Anno 1674, on the 3d day of the month
called May, John David, Robert David, Robert Owen, Cad-
wallader Thomas, and Hugh Roberts were taken by the
Sheriff with a process and committed to Dolgelly Goale, be-
ing indicated at sessions some time before for their being ab-
sent from National Worship." " Robert Owen, of Vron
Goch," was one of those Quakers fined for meeting at Llwyn
y Braner, in the parish of Llanvawr, May 16, 1675, together
with his two sisters, Elin, who afterwards married Cadwallader
Thomas ap Hugh ; and Jane, wife of Hugh Roberts. His
younger brother, " Evan Owen ye son of a widdow called
Gainor, whose late husband was Owen ap Evan of Vron
Goch," was also present at a meeting, " though but 9 or 10
years old."

Robert was appointed one of the overseers of the will of
John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, which document is dated 9th
February, 1682, and was executed in Wales, but probated in
Pennsylvania in the year 1688. He is described therein as
" Robert Owen late of fron goch neer Bala in the County of
Merionyth." Subsequent to this date, however, I find him

124 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

still a resident of the parish of Llanddervel in Merionethshire1.
On the 8th day of the Sixth-month (August), 1690, the
Quarterly Meeting of Friends held at Tyddyn y Garreg, Mer-
ionethshire, granted a certificate of removal to this Robert
Owen2. This certificate is of record in Book 1st, pp. 286-87
of the Merion, Radnor and Haverford Meeting, and is as fol-
lows:

To oe Friends & Brothers in the Province of Pennsylvania.

These are to certifie, as occasion shall require, unto whom
it may concern in the behalf of oe dearly beloved friende &
Brother Robt. Owen & Rebecca his wife & their dear & tender
children. That they are faithful & beloved friends, well
known to be serviceable unto Friends & brethren since they
have (become convinced), of a Savory & Blameless conversa-
tion. Alsoe are psons Dearly beloved & Respected of all
sorts. His testimony sweet & tender, reaching to the quick-
ing seed of life, of a meek, quiet & gentle Behavior ; we can-
not alsoe but bemoan the want of his company, being he was
near and dear unto us & seasonable in intention for Pennsyl-
vania many months before his removal, now seeing it remain-
eth still on his mind, & in order therein unto finding his way
clear & freedom in the truth according to the measure mani-
fested unto him, we thought it oe duty to commend him unto
you as oe dear & faithfull friend & brother, and hereby desir-
ing their faithfull services in the truth may increase & abound
among you to their endless joy without end.

Att oe quarty. Meeting att Tyddyn y Garreg in Merion-
ethshire the eight of the sixe month in the year 1690.

Ellis Morris

JHugEhRees SJ&f&£4**~'

Rowland Ellis

'Besse.

»He appears as a witness to sundry deeds executed in Merionethshire in
1682, and recorded in Philadelphia, 1684, in Deed Book C I, for land in Penn-
sylvania, viz. : " John Thomas, of Llaethgwm, Merioneth, yeoman," to " Edward
Jones, of Bala Chyrurgeon," dated 1st April. " Edward Jones, of Bala, to Hugh
Roberts, of the township of Ciltalgarth, yeoman," dated the last day of February.

^Humphrey Owen's signature does not appear of record on the original entry
in the Menon, Radnor and Haverford records, but he is believed to have signed
the original certificate.

Owen Family. 125

Robert Vaughan Ellin Ellis

Rees Thomas Jane Robt.

Rees Evan Margaret Robt.

David Jones Ann Rowland

Evan Owen Gainor Jones

Regnald (Rowland ?) Rowland Owen

Humphrey Lewis Owen

Margaret David Owen Lewis

Jonett Johnes Griffitt Robt.

Elizabeth Jones Evan Rees

Some time before this, 1 ith of First-month, 1678-9, Robert

Owen had married, according to Friends' ceremony, Rebecca

/■) ^~>j^ Owen, daugh-

/, / ' ij)/ffl /iSjt * //. ter of Owen

-~~t/ sZ^ZMftrpHtr^, Humphrey (or

Humphreys),
Es q u i r e , a

gentleman who " had a good and indefeisible estate of inherit-
ance" called Llwyn-du, in the township of Llwyngwrill and
parish of Llangelynin, Talybont, Merionethshire, which he had
succeeded to in or about 16641. The agreement concerning a
marriage settlement was executed on the 6th of First-month,
1678, between Gainor John, mother of Robert Owen, and
Owen Humphrey. The

bond of this contract, ^5«*^*f^ -^j/rs^.
" Owen Humphrey de ^^

Llwundu" to "Rob* Owen de vron goch com* Penllin, gener."
(gentleman), dated as above, is extant. The witnesses were,
Rowland Ellis, Edward Vaughan, John ap Thomas, Cadwal-
lader Thomas.

The following is a copy of the marriage certificate, the
original of which is still in the possession of a descendant,
Mrs. Mary A. Haines, of Rosemont, Pennsylvania :

Be it Knowen by these p'esents unto all whom it may
concern that upon the eleventh day of the first month 1678-9

"Owen Humphrey was the son of Humphrey ap Hugh, died circa 1664, ap
David ap Howell ap Gronwy ap Einion ; descended from the families of Llwy-
diarth, Nannau and Tal y Llyn, Herbert, and the English families of Stanley,
Clifford, Mortimer, Strange, and from Edward III. See Humphrey.

126 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Robt. Owen Eldest son of Owen ap Evan (deceased) late of
Vron goch in the comot of Penlin & in the County of Mer-
ioneth hath taken Rebeccah Owen first daughter of Owen
Humphrey of Llwyn du in the Comt. of Talybont in the
County aforsd to be his wife & that by the free Assent & con-
sent of their parents & near relations & friends of the truth,
And that according to the example & practice of primitive
Christians followers of the truth. And the sd Rebeckah in
like manere hath taken sd Robt. Owen to be her husband The
day & yeare above written in the P'esence & sight of us the
witnesses hereunder written.
Owen Humphrey her father John William
Caddr Thomas1 John Owen"

Rowland Ellis2 Joseph Samuel13

Hugh Roberts Richard Humffrey'*

Humphrey Owen4 Elizabeth Thomas

Rowland Owens Hannah (Prichard?)

Edward Vaughan Ellin Rees

Ellis Rees6 Gwen Rees

Evan John' Anne Owen

Rees Evan Elizabeth Owen

John Thomas Gainor John

John Humphrey8 Lydia Samuel

Humphrey Reynolds Rebecca Samuel

John Howell0 Gobeithia

Daniel Samuel10 Elizabeth Owen.

Rees John11

After his coming to Pennsylvania his name is of continual
occurrence as executor, administrator, or trustee, or as party
to some agreement. He is described in one of these docu-
ments, dated 30th May, 1696, as " Robert Owen, of Merion-

■Fatber of John Cadwalader, and husband to Ellen Owen, sister to Robt. Owen.

2Nephew of Owen Humphrey, and cousin to Rebecca Owen.

^Husband of Jane, sister to Robert Owen.

■•Brother of Rebecca.

^Brother of Rebecca.

6Father of Rowland Ellis.

'Son of John William ap Humphrey, of Llangelynin.

8Brother of Owen Humphrey.

'From Llanwddlyn, Montgomeryshire ; cousin of Owen Humphrey.

""Alias Daniel Humphrey, son of Samuel Humphrey, deceased.

"Rees John 'William.

"Brother to Rebecca.

^Brother to Daniel.

"Brother-in-law to John Humphrey.

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MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF ROBERT AND REBECCA OWEN, 1678-9.

Owen Family. 127

eth, in the County of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsyl-
vania, Yeoman," and is grantee in a deed from Thomas
Lloyd1, dated " the fifth day of the sixth month, Anno Dom.
1691," for a tract of land containing four hundred and forty-
two acres, situate in " the Township of Merion," in Philadel-
phia County, the consideration being one hundred pounds.
This " plantation," as it was then called, lay west of the pres-
ent Wynnewood Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
extended to near the present village of Ardmore. It was con-
firmed to Evan Owen, eldest son and heir to Robert, by
patent2 from Penn's Commissioners, dated 8th February, 1704,
" Together with the Messuage or Tenement, Plantation, . .
. Houses, Barns, Buildings, Gardens, Orchards, Woods,
Underwoods, Ways, Waters, Meadows, Water-courses, Fish-
ings, Fowlings, Hawkings, Huntings, Rights, Liberties." By
a deed dated 31st December, 17073, " Evan Owen, of the
Township of Merion, in the County of Philadelphia, and Prov-
ince of Pennsylvania, yeoman, son and heir of Robert Owen,
late of Merion, yeoman, deceased," conveyed this farm, de-
vised to him by his father, to his brother-in-law, " Jonathan
Jones, of Merion, yeoman." A manuscript by Owen Jones,
grandson of Robert Owen, says*, " He purchased a large
tract of land, about nine miles from the city of Philadelphia, in
the township of Lower Merion. Here he built a large, com-
modious dwelling-house, and resided in it during the remain-
der of his life. He had children, viz., Gainor, Evan, Owen,
Elizabeth, John and Robert, some of whom were born in
Wales." This house is yet standing, and compares favorably
with many of the modern dwellings erected near it. The date
is carved on a corner-stone, " 1695." Robert Owen was a
Justice of the Peace for Merion, and by 1695 had, says this
old manuscript, " gained the confidence of the people in gen-
eral, which they manifested by making choice of him to repre-

"Deed Book E2, Vol. V., p. 174, etc., Philadelphia.
'Patent Book A, Vol. III., p. 241, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
3Deed Book E4, Vol. VII., p. 40, etc., Philadelphia.
«" Memoir of Charles J. Wister."

128 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

sent them in the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania
(elected again, 1697), . . . which position he filled with
much reputation. It pleased Divine Providence to remove his
beloved wife in the year 1697 (died 8th mo. 23d, buried 25th),
which severe trial he survived but a few weeks."

Robert, as already stated, outlived his wife — whom he
had loved long and tenderly — but a short time, and was buried
beside her. Among the eminent Friends whose bones lie
near his, scarcely one has left a more stainless, and none a
more honored, name. His will, dated " 10th mo. 2d day,
1697," was probated May 16, 17051. He left his plantation
in Merion to his eldest son, Evan Owen, and speaks of his
other children without mentioning their names. He appoints
as overseers John Humphreys, Hugh Roberts, John Roberts,
Griffith John, Robert Jones, Robert Roberts, Robert Lloyd,
and Rowland Ellis, and appoints his " cousin Griffith John
above named" as sole executor. The witnesses were Joshua
Owen, Robert Jones, and Rowland Ellis. John Owen, de-

a f2 scribed elsewhere as " ye 2nd son

fKnW\ dfc^lV&tV/ of Owen Humphreys of Llwyn-
4^/ du," in Merionethshire, and bro-

ther to Joshua, above named, subsequently acted as an ap-
praiser. Robert Owen's important services as a minister
among Friends must not be overlooked. He was one of the
founders of the Merion Meeting, and a trustee thereof, as
appears by a deed dated 20th Sixth-month, 1695, Edward
Rees2, of Merion, yeoman, to Robert Owen, Edward Jones,
Cadwallader Morgan, and Thomas Jones, of Merion, yeoman,
in trust, for one-half acre of land in Merion, " for the purposes
of the Merion Meeting." As early as 28th June, 1692, Robert
Owen, with Thomas Lloyd, Nicholas Wain, Dr. Griffith Owen,
Hugh Roberts, John Symcock, William Byles, and others,
the then ministers at or near Philadelphia, signed the com-
munication of the Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, to the
Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, and East and

•Register of Wills' Office, Philadelphia.

2This was Edward Rees, alias Prees and Price, see elsewhere.

Owen Family. 129

West Jersey, setting forth their displeasure and sorrow at the
action of Keith, who was making himself obnoxious to Friends
about this time. Perhaps the last documents, executed the
year of his death, 1697, that in any way concerned Robert,
are an agreement of his with one Evan Harry concerning the
estate of Cadwallader Lewis, deceased, of which Robert Owen
was appointed by the court administrator, " Letters of At-
torney1, Richard Davies of Cloodie Cochion, Welchpoole
(Montgomeryshire), gentleman," to Robert Owen et al., his
" true and lawful attys.," date 1st mo. 8th, 1696-7, and a letter
from him to Hugh Roberts, then traveling in Wales, dated
24th of Second-month, 1697. So far as can be ascertained at
this late day, Robert and Rebecca Owen had but eight
children ; or, if there were others, their early decease in Wales
renders their existence of little interest. Of these eight, the
first four — Evan, Gainor, Elizabeth, and Jane — were born in
Merionethshire, and are the " tender children" mentioned in the
certificate of removal. The rest were born in Merion Town-
ship, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, as appears by the re-
cord of their births in the " Book of Births" of the Radnor
Monthly Meeting, and there mentioned as children " of Robert
and Rebeckah Owen." Their births are also noted in records of
said Meeting as " Births in Merion Meeting." The eight were :

1. Gainor, b. 168 1 ; m. Jonathan Jones.

2. Evan, b. 1683 ; m. Mary Hoskins.

3. Jane, b. 1685. /? . A

4. Elizabeth, b 1687; m. /**' ^**»
David Evans.

5. Owen, b. 12 mo. 21st, 1690; m. Anne Wood.

6. John, b. 12 mo. 26th, 1692 ; m. Hannah Maris.

7. Robert, b. 7 mo. 27th, 1695 ; m. Susanna
Hudson.

8. Rebecca, b. 1 mo. 14th, 1697; d. inft.; buried
9 mo. 2 1 st, 1697*.

'Exemplification Book 4, p. 677, Philadelphia.

•"Burials at Merion Meeting," Records of Radnor Monthly Meeting of Friends.

w. T.— 17.

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130 Merion in the Welsh Iract,

XIII. JANE, daughter of Owen ap Evan, of Fron Goch,
and Gainor, born at Fron Goch, 1653-4; died in Merion
Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 7th mo. 1st,
1686, and buried 3d of same month. She married, in Mer-
ionethshire, 1672-3, "Hugh Roberts, of the township of Kil-
talgarth, parish of Llanvawr, Merionethshire, yeoman." He

was a prominent minister
among Friends, and after-
wards a Provincial Coun-
cillor of Pennsylvania. Their certificate of removal from the
comot of Penllyn, is dated " ye 2nd of 5 mo., 1683," and they
settled upon about six hundred acres of land in Merion. All
of their children, except Elizabeth, were born in the township
of Kiltalgarth, but a record of their births has been preserved
in the archives of the Merion, Pennsylvania, Monthly Meeting
of Friends. They were as follows :

1. Robert, b. 1 1 mo. 7th, 1673 ; m. 1st Catharine
Jones ; 2ndly, Priscilla Johnes.

2. Ellin, b. 10 mo. 4th, 1675.

3. Owen, b. 10 mo. 1st, 1677; m. Ann Bevan.

4. Edward, b. 2 mo. 4th, 1680; m. 1st Susanna
Painter; 2ndly, Martha Hoskins; 3rdly
Martha Cox.

5. William, b. 3 mo. 26th, 1682; d. 1697 in
Pennsylvania.

6. Elizabeth, b. 12 mo. 24th, 1683.

XIII. ELLIN, second daughter of Owen ap Evan, of
Fron Goch, and Gainor, born at Fron Goch, circa 1660 ; died in
Merionethshire prior \o 1697. She married, subsequent to
yy. sf* 1 6th May, 1675, Cadwallader

(&wfint~ C^fficOTiat Thomas ap Hugh, of the
/ township of Kiltalgarth, in

Llanvawr, Merionethshire. He was the son of Thomas ap
Hugh ap Evan ap Rees Goch ap Tudor ap Rees ap Evan
Coch, of Bryammer, in the parish of Gerrig y drudion, Den-
bighshire, derived from Marchwerthian, Lord of Issallt, who

Owen Family. 131

bore Gules, a lion rampt, arg., armed and langued azure.
Cadwallader Thomas died prior to the 9th February, 1682, as
appears by the will of his brother, John Thomas, of Laithgwn,
" gentleman," dated as above, and proved in Philadelphia, 1688.
Cadwallader had issue by Ellin, two sons and two daughters :

1. Thomas Cadwallader, living 9th Feb., 1682.

2. John Cadwallader, born prior to 1682; re-
moved to Pennsylvania and became ancestor
to the Cadwalader family of Philadelphia.
He was a member of the Provincial Assembly,
and his son, Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, was a
Councillor. See Cadwalader Genealogy.

3. Elizabeth.

4. Katherine.

XIV. EVAN OWEN, eldest son and heir of Robert and
Rebecca, born in Merionethshire, Wales, 1682-3 > died at

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1727.
\.jyi*n &+\/ti&\. Letters were granted on his estate

to Mary, his widow, 27th October,
that year. He married 10th mo. nth, 171 1, Mary, daughter
of Dr. Richard Hoskins. The record of their marriage says,
" Evan Owen, son of Robert, of Merion Township, Philadel-
phia County, yeoman, deceased, and Mary Hoskins, daughter
of Richard, practitioner of physick, deceased. . . Phila-
delphia Meeting." The witnesses were Owen, John and
Robert Owen, Gainor Jones, John and Martha Cadwalader,
and forty-seven others. Evan Owen, having sold his Merion
land to his brother-in-law, Jonathan Jones, removed to Phila-
delphia, and was admitted to the freedom of the city in April,
1717 ; neither he nor his brother Robert, who was admitted
with him, gave any occupation. He (Evan) became a mem-
ber of Common Council, 1717, and was appointed a Justice of
the Peace of the Philadelphia County Courts, 1723, serving
until his decease. He was Justice of Court of Common Pleas,
Quarter Sessions, and Orphans' Court, commissioned 18th
February, 1723. Became Associate Justice of the City Court

132 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

and Alderman, 6th October, 1724. Justice of Orphans' Court
from 5th December, 1724; was a Master of the Court of
Equity, 1725 ; Treasurer of Philadelphia County from 1724 to
his death. Became a member of the Provincial Assembly,
1725, and Provincial Councillor of Pennsylvania, 1726, being a
Justice of the Court of Chancery the same year. While serv-
ing as a member of the Assembly, Evan Owen was, as we
have seen, called to the Provincial Council, the Lieutenant-
Governor expressing a desire to have another Quaker at the
board, and Preston and Fishbourne, whose advice was asked,
recommended him. He asked to be excused until the expira-
tion of the sessions of the Assembly, but appears to have
qualified, as there is a note to the minutes of the first meeting
he afterwards attended, which was during Gordon's term, that
he had qualified in Keith's time. Perhaps Evan's most im-
portant trust was as a Trustee of the Society of Free-Traders,
who had purchased several thousand acres in Pennsylvania.
The records of the Arch Street, Philadelphia, Monthly Meet-
ing show the births of four children of Evan and Mary, and
the death of one. They were :

1. Robert, d. 10 mo. 9th, 1712.

2. Robert, b. 10 mo. 12th, 171 2; d. s. p.

3. Martha, b. 4 mo. 12th, 1714.

4. Esther, b. 9 mo. 18th, 1716; m. 1743, Wil-
liam Davis1.

5. Aurelius.b. 1 mo. 1st, 1718; d. 5 mo. 2d, 1721.

XIV. GAINOR OWEN, daughter of Robert and Re-
becca, born in Merionethshire, died in Pennsylvania. She
married, 8th mo. 4th, 1706, Jonathan, son of Dr. Edward

G^wr cfrs* {T™of Mw° n' by Mf7' dau/hter of

& vwn- Dr. 1 homas Wynne, of Bronvedog, near

Caerwys, Flintshire. Gainor is described as being " much be-
loved by her neighbors, a friend to the poor." They had
eleven children ; surname Jones :

'Register of Christ's Church, Philadelphia.

Owen Family. 133

1. Mary, b. 14th 5 mo., 1707; m. Benjamin
Hayes.

2. Edward, b. 7th 7 mo., 1708; d. unm.

3. Rebecca, b. 20th 12 mo., 1709; m. John
Roberts.

4. Owen1, b. 19th 9 mo., 171 1 ; m. Susanna2
Evans, and had a large family, for whose de-
scendants see Dr. Edward Jones, of Merion,
and the genealogy of Hannah Jones, who
married Amos Foulke.

5. Ezekiel Jones, supposed by his father to have
d. s. p.

6. Jacob, b. 14th 5 mo., 171 3; m. Mary Law-
rence.

7. Jonathan, b. 29th 4 mo., 171 5 ; m. Sarah
Jones.

8. Elizabeth, m. 1758, Jesse George.

9. Martha, b. 6th 3 mo., 17 17.

10. Hannah, b. 28th 11 mo., 1 718-9.

11. Charity, b. 4th 8 mo., 1720.

'He was Colonial Treasurer of Pennsylvania.

'Called "Ann" in one genealogy, which was probably a nick-name.

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XIV ELIZABETH OWEN, daughter of Robert and
Rebecca, born in Merionethshire, Wales ; died at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 22d 10th mo., 1753. /^
She married David Evans, of ^Oc^tn^^u-a^n^?
Philadelphia," gentleman," Deputy-
Sheriff of Philadelphia, 1714-21. His will is dated September
27, 1745. They had six children ; surname Evans :

1. Evan, d. prior to 1762 ; issue, Sidney, David,
Rebecca.

2. Rebecca, d. unm.

3. Sidney, m. 4 mo. 26th, 1759, Joseph Howell,
of Chester.

4. Sarah, d. unm. Will d. 14 July, 1762 ; proved
21 December.

5. David, d. 11 mo. 18th, 1725.

6. Margaret, d. unm. 4 mo. 12th, 1734.

XIV. OWEN OWEN, second son of Robert and Re-
becca, born in the township of Merion, Philadelphia County,
21st 12th mo., 1690; died at Philadelphia, 5th 8th mo., 1741.
Will dated 4th 5th mo., 1741 ; proved nth August, 1741.
He married, 23d1 3d mo., 17 14, Anne Wood, who died 2d
mo. 4th, 1743. He was High Sheriff of Philadelpha from 4th
October, 1726, and Coroner, 1729 to 1741. The Pennsylvania
Gazette, August 6, 1741, says, " Yesterday died after a long
illness, Owen Owen, Esquire ; formerly High Sheriff, and for
many years Coroner of this city and county." Owen and
Anne had five children :

1. Robert.

2. Jane, m., 1760, Dr. Cadwallader Evans, who
d. s. p., 1773.

3. Sarah, m. John Biddle; d. 1 mo. 1st, 1773.
(See Biddle Branch.)

4. Tacey, m., 1744, Daniel Morris, of Upper
Dublin, Pa.

5. Rebecca, d. unm., 10th December, 1755.

'Stated as 13th in one document.

Owen Family. 137

X IV. JOHN OWEN, third son of Robert and Rebecca,
born in Merion Township, Philadelphia County, 12th mo. 26th,
1692; died in Chester County, 1752. Will proved 23d Jan-
uary that year. He removed from Philadelphia to Chester in
1718. He married, 8th mo. 22d, 1719, Hannah, daughter of
George Maris, Provincial Councillor and a Colonial Justice of
Pennsylvania, the marriage being recorded as follows in the
books of the Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends : " John
Owen, son of Robert, of Merion, Philadelphia County, yeo-
man, deceased, and Hannah Maris, daughter of George of
Chester, yeoman." The witnesses were Evan, Robert and
Owen Owen, George Maris, Sr., and forty-four others.

John Owen was High Sheriff for the county of Chester,
4th October, 1729-31; 3d October, 1735-37; 4tn October,
1743-45; 8th October, 1749-51. He was elected a member
of the Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania at periods extend-
ing from 1733-1748; was collector of excise for Chester,
1733-37, anc* for many years one of the trustees of the Loan
Office of Pennsylvania. He had issue by Hannah, his wife —
five children1 :

1. Jane, m. Joseph West.

2. George, m., 175 1, Rebecca Hains ; d. at
Philadelphia s. p., 1764. Will proved 28th
September that year.

3. Elizabeth, m. James Rhoads.

4. Rebecca, m. 8 mo. 22d, 1754, Jesse Maris.

5. Susanna, m. Josiah Hibbard.

XIV. ROBERT OWEN, fourth son of Robert and Re-
becca, born in Merion Township, Philadelphia County, 7th
mo. 27th, 1695 ; died circa 1730. He married, nth mo. 10th,
1 7 16-17, Susanna, daughter of William Hudson, Mayor of
Philadelphia and Justice of the Orphans' Court, by Mary, his
first wife, daughter of Samuel Richardson, Provincial Coun-
cillor and a Justice of Pennsylvania. The following is an ab-

'For descendants, see " History of Maris Family, of Pennsylvania."
w. T. — 18.

138 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

stract of the original record of their marriage certificate1 :
" Robert Owen, son of Robert, late of Merion, Philadelphia
County, yeoman, deceased," and " Susanna Hudson, daughter
of William, of the city of Philadelphia," at Philadelphia Meet-
ing. The witnesses were William, Hannah, Samuel, William,
Jr., John, Hannah, and Rachel Hudson, Evan, Mary, John,
and Owen Owen, and fifty others.

Along with his brother Evan, the Councillor, Robert
Owen was admitted to the " freedom of the city" in April, 1717,
and continued to reside there until his decease. His widow
married, 3d mo. 2d, 17342, John Burr, of Northampton, Bur-
lington County, New Jersey, and died at Philadelphia, 3d mo.
4th, 17573.

Robert Owen is grantee in a deed4 dated " 24th May, in
4th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George, King of
Great Britain, and in the year of our Lord 171 8," for a lot of
ground " fronting 28 feet on Walnut St., and in length to
formly the 30 foot cartway under the bank of the Delaware,
called King Street, 58 feet" and "with North and West, the
Smithshop & ground of Robert Jones, Eastward by Samuel
Carpenter's Warehouse."

Robert and Susanna had three daughters, whose births
are thus noted in the original book of record of the Arch
Street, Philadelphia, Monthly Meeting of Friends :

1. " Mary Owen, daughter of Robert & Susanna
Owen, was born in Philadelphia ye 3d day of
ye m30: 1719." She d. young.

2. " Hannah Owen, daughter of Robert & Su-
sanna Owen, was born in Philadelphia ye 1 6th
day of ye „JU: 1720." She m. 1st, John
Ogden ; 2ndly, Joseph Wharton.

"Philadelphia (Arch Street) Friends' Monthly Meeting Records, Book A, p.
91, No. 188.

^Philadelphia (Arch Street) Friends' Monthly Meeting Records, Book A, p.
131, No. 259.

3She was born 12th mo. 17th, 1698-9.

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sanna Owen, was born in Philadelphia ye 19th
day of ye „£,: 1724." Living unm. 1740.

XV. Mary, first daughter of Jonathan and Gainor
Jones, born in Merion Township, 14th 5th mo., 1707 ; married at
Merion Meeting, 10th mo. 2d, 17371
Benjamin Hayes, son of Richard, of t
Haverford, "yeoman." They had *
one child :

Elizabeth, b. 7th mo. 16th, 1738.

XV. REBECCA, second daughter of Jonathan and
Gainor Jones, born in Merion Township, 20th 12th mo., 1709;
married at Merion Meeting, 3d mo. 4th, 1733, John Roberts,
son of Robert Roberts, of Merion. They had twelve children ;
surname Roberts1 :

1. Jonathan, b. 1 mo. 30th, 1734.

2. Gainor, b. 11 mo. 30th, 1735-6.

3. Alban, b. 7 mo. 7th, 1738.

4. Elizabeth, b. 6 mo. 18th, 1740.

5. Mary, b. 5 mo. 5 th, 1742; d. unm.

6. Tacy, b. 7 mo. 2d, 1744.

7. Benjamin, b. 6 mo. 27th, 1746.

8. John, b. 9 mo. 16th, 1747.

9. Robert, b. 8 mo. 10th, 1749.

10. Algernon, b. 11 mo. 24th, 1750-1.

11. Franklin, b. 9 mo. 27th, 1752.

12. Edward Roberts, b. 11 mo. 1st, 1755.

XV. JONATHAN JONES, fifth son of Jonathan
and Gainor, born in Merion Township, 29th 4th mo., 1715;
married at Merion Meeting, 1 ith mo. 8th, 1742, Sarah, daugh-
ter of " Thomas Jones, of Merion, deceased, yeoman," son of
John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, Merionethshire, Wales, de-
scended from Evan Coch, of Bryammer, Denbighshire. (See
another page.) They had three daughters2 :

'For descendants see Roberts, of Pencoyd, Merion, on another page.
aFor genealogy of the Jones Family see another page.

140 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1. Mary, b. n mo. 23d, 1744-5.

2. Gainor, b. 8 mo. 4th, 1742.

3. Katharine, m. Lewis Jones, of Blockley.

XV. HANNAH OWEN, second daughter of Robert
and Susanna, born in Philadelphia, 3d mo. 16th, 1720; died
January, 1 791, in said city: Will dated 28th November, 1786 ;
probate January, 17911. She married first, 8th mo. 23d,
17402, John Ogden, of Philadelphia (widower), son of David
Ogden, of Chester. John Ogden died 6th February, 1742,
being then of the " Township of Myamensing and Passyunct,
Philadelphia County." Will dated 31st January, 1742; pro-
bate 1 2th February, same years."

Hannah married secondly, 6th mo. 7th, 1754, Joseph
Wharton, of Walnut Grove, Southwark, Philadelphia. In her
will, dated as above, Hannah leaves to her " son William
Ogden," among other bequests, " my Silver Tankard," and
directs that her executors " sell my Charriott, and apply the
Amount of the same toward payment of my debts." She also
mentions her grandfather, William Hudson, and her children
by her second husband, Wharton. By her first husband, John
Ogden, she had one son :

William Ogden, b. prior to 31st January, 1742 ;
m. 1st, Marie Pinniard, 2ndly, Tacey David.

By her second husband, Joseph Wharton, she had a large
family, the most distinguished of whom was Robert Wharton,
Mayor of Philadelphia, Captain of the City Troop, etc. For
an account of them and their descendants, see " History of
Wharton Family," in Penna. Mag., Vol. II.

XVI. WILLIAM OGDEN, only child of John Ogden,
and Hannah, his 2nd wife, born in Philadelphia prior to 3 1
January, 1742; died in Camden, N. J., 13 May, 1818. He
married 1st mo. nth, 1769, Marie Pinniard, who died 7 mo.

'Will Book W, p. 65, Philadelphia.

"Philadelphia (Arch Street) Friends Monthly Meeting Records, Book A, p. 172.

3WU1 Book G, p. 31.

Owen Family. 141

14th, 177S1. He married 2ndly, Tacey2, daughter of Benjamin
and Ann David. Tacey died 1 1 Sept., 1 8093. William Ogden
had issue by his first wife :

1. Hannah, b. 17 Nov., 1770; bapt. in 3d Presby-
terian Church of Philadelphia, 16 May, 1803.

2. Joseph, b. 7 mo., 1775 ; d. 10 mo. 20th, 1778.
He had by his second wife two children :

1. Ann, m. Hezekiah Niles, of Baltimore.

2. Robert Wharton, of Camden.

XVII. HANNAH OGDEN, eldest daughter of Wil-
liam by Marie (his first wife), born in Philadelphia County, 17th
November, 1770; died at Philadelphia, 29th July, 1827;
buried in the ground of the Third Presbyterian Church, Pine
Street, said city. She married first, in Christ Church, 10th
April, 1795, Captain William Duer, who was lost at sea,
1800-14. She married, secondly, in Christ Church, 27th Jan-
uary, 1 8 10, Samuel Cuthbert, " gentleman," son of Thomas.
He died January, 1839. Hannah had by Captain Duer three
children :

1. Mary Ann, b. 7 October, 1796; m. 5th May,
1825, Lewis Washington Glenn, son of James,
of Maryland, and had issue — William Duer,
d. s. p. in Cairo, Egypt, 1876; Edward3, of
Ardmore, Lower Merion ; Hannah Cuthbert,
m. A. W. North, who d. s. p.

2. Harriet, b. 4 November, 1798; d. unm. at
Phila. 7th May, 1851.

"Believed to have been of French lineage.

'Registry of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia.

^Friends' Records.

■•Letters of administration granted on his estate, 25th November, 1801, to
Hannah Duer. Sureties, William Ogden, " gentleman," and Robert Ralston,
" merchant."

sEdward Glenn married 1st, Frances Stewart Van Osten, and had Harriet
Duer, married C. C. Royce, and 2ndly Sarah Catherine, daughter of Thomas
Hardy Allen, son of Captain Robert Allen, late officer in the English Army, and
had : Thomas Allen Glenn, of Ardmore (who married Marie TheresG, daughter
of Edward Robins, of Philadelphia, and has : Edward Glenn, and William Duer
Glenn) and Edna Glenn.

142 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

3. William, d. at Phila., 25th March, 1802.
By Samuel Cuthbert she had two daughters :

1. Frances Duer, d. infant.

2. Elizabeth Frances, d. unm.

THE BIDDLE BRANCH OF THE OWEN FAMILY,
OF MERION.

I. JOHN BIDDLE, son of William, of Mount Hope,
New Jersey, married, 3 March, 1736, Sarah, eldest daughter of
Owen Owen, Esquire, High Sheriff and Coroner of Philadel-
phia County, second son of Robert Owen, of Merion (died
1697), and Rebecca, his wife. They had issue :

1. Owen m. Sarah Parke; issue.

2. Clement, b. 10 May, 1740; m. 1st Mary Richardson;
2ndly Rebekah Cornell.

3. Ann.

4. Sarah.

5. Lydia.

II. COLONEL CLEMENT BIDDLE, second son of
John and Sarah, born in Philadelphia, 10 May, 1740; died 14
July, 1814. He married first, 6 June, 1764, Mary, daughter of
Francis Richardson, of Chester. He married secondly, Re-
bekah, only daughter of Hon. Gideon Cornell, of Rhode
Island, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of that Colony.
Clement Biddle was commissioned Deputy Quarter Master
General for the " Flying Camp" and for the Militia of Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey, with the rank of Colonel, 8 July, 1776;
Marshal of the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania, 10 No-
vember, 1780; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Philadelphia, 23 September,
1788.

Colonel Biddle was distinguished in many ways as a
citizen, and his services as an officer in " the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War were such as to elicit the high-
est praise."

144 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

By his first wife he had issue :

1. Francis R., d. infant.
By his second wife he had :

i. Frances, b. 20 May, 1775 ; d. infant

2. Thomas, b. 4 June, 1776; m. Christine Williams.

3. George Washington, b. 21 Feb., 1779; d. 18 12.

4. Mary, b. 12 Jan., 1781 ; m. Gen. Thomas Cadwalader.
See that family.

5. Rebecca Cornell, b. 7 Nov., 1782; m. Prof. Nathaniel
Chapman, M. D.

6. Clement Cornell, b. 24 Oct., 1784; m. Mary Barclay.

7. Anne, b. 24 Dec, 1785 ; d. infant.

8. Lydia H., b. 12 May, 1787; d. 1826.

9. Sarah T., b. 21 Oct., 1789; d. young, unm.

10. Anne Wilkinson, b. 12 June, 1791 ; m. Thomas
Dunlap.

11. John Gideon, b. 10 June, 1793 ; m. Mary Biddle.

12. James Cornell, b. 29 Dec, 1795.

13. Edward Robert, b. 7 Feb., 1798.

III. THOMAS BIDDLE, eldest son of Colonel Clem-
ent and Rebekah, was born 4 June, 1776; married, 12 Febru-
ary, 1806, Christine, daughter of General Jonathan Williams,
and had issue :

1. Clement, b. 14 Sept., 1810.

2. Thomas Alexander, b. 22 Aug., 18 14.

3. Henry Jonathan, b. 16 May, 18 17.

4. Alexander, b. 29 April, 18 19.

5. Jonathan Williams, b. 12 Aug., 1821.

III. REBECCA CORNELL BIDDLE, third daugh-
ter of Clement and Rebekah Biddle, born 7 November, 1782.
She married, 1 September, 1808, Professor Nathaniel Chap-
man, M. D., of Philadelphia. They had issue :

1. Emily, b. 25 Aug., 1810; m. John Montgomery Gor-
don, of Virginia, 21 Nov. 1833.

2. John Biddle, b. 3 June, 181 1 ; m. Mary Randolph.

Owen Family — Biddle Branch. 145

3. George William, b. 10 Dec, 18 16.

4. Rebecca Biddle, b. 24 Feb., 1818; d. 1824.

5. Marie, b. 10 Dec, 1820; died.

III. COLONEL CLEMENT CORNELL BIDDLE,
third son of Clement and Rebeckah, born 24 October, 1784;
married Mary Searle, daughter of Hon. John Barclay, Mayor of
Philadelphia, 1791'. Clement Cornell Biddle was Captain of the
State Fencibles and Colonel of the First Regiment Vols., Light
Infantry, of Pennsylvania, during the war of 18 12. He was
also President of the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, and
President of the Franklin Insurance Company of Philadelphia.
He had issue :

1. John Barclay, b. 3 January, 181 5.

2. George Washington, b. 11 January, 1818.

3. Chapman, b. 22 January, 1822.

III. ANN WILKINSON BIDDLE, seventh daughter
of Clement and Rebekah, born 12 June, 1791 ; married 2 June,
1822, Thomas Dunlap, President of Bank of the United States.
They had :

1. Sally Biddle, b. 19 March, 1823.

2. Julianna, b. 19 Oct., 1824.

3. Lydia Biddle, b. 1 Sept., 1826; d. young, unm.

4. Mary, b. 1 Dec, 1827 ; d. unm.

5. Rebecca Biddle, b. 10 Mar., 1829.

6. Nannie, b. 21 Nov., 1830; m. George Mecum Conarroe,
Esquire, of Philadelphia.

7. Thomas, b. 23 Aug., 1832; m. Margaret A. Lewis, of
New Haven, Conn., 10 July, 1856, and had: Nannie Biddle.

III. JOHN GIDEON BIDDLE, fourth son of Clement
and Rebeckah, born 10 June, 1793; married 22 Aug., 1820,
Mary, daughter of Hon. Charles Biddle, Vice President of the
Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. They had issue :

Ann Eliza, b. 20 March, 1822.

'From Ballyshannon, Ireland,
w. T. — 19.

146 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

III. JAMES CORNELL BIDDLE, third son of Col.
Clement and Rebecca, born 29 Dec, 1795 ; married Sarah
Caldwell, daughter of Hon. Michael Keppele, 9 March, 1825.
They had issue :

1. Thomas, b. 2 Jan., 1827.

2. Caldwell Keppele, b. 22 Jan., 1829.

3. Catherine Keppele, b. 1 Feb., 1831; m. William P.
Tatham, 20 June, 1867.

4. Rebecca, b. 22 May, 1833; d. 1859.

5. James Cornell, b. 3 Oct., 1835.

6. Cadwalader, b. 28 Oct., 1837.

III. EDWARD ROBERTS BIDDLE, fourth son of
Colonel Clement and Rebeckah, born 7 Feb., 1798.

IV. CLEMENT BIDDLE, first son of Thomas and
Christine, born 14 September, 18 10.

IV. THOMAS ALEXANDER BIDDLE, second son
of Thomas and Christine, born 22 Aug., 18 14; married, 1
July, 1845, Juha, daughter of John Cox, Esquire, and had:

1. John Cox, b. 21 April, 1846.

2. Henry Williams, b. 7 April, 1848; m. 25 Feb., 1873,
Jessie Duncan, dau. Rear Admiral Thomas Turner, U. S. A.,
and has : Mildred Lee, Juliette.

3. Anna Sitgreaves, b. 31 Jan., 1850; m. Andrew A. Blair,
of New York City, N. Y., 1872.

4. Alfred, b. 15 Dec, 1852.

5. William Lyman, b. 8 Oct., 1854.

6. Frances, b. 31 Oct., 1856.

7. Julia, b. 16 May, 1858.

8. Frances, b. March, 1862; d. infant.

IV. COLONEL HENRY JONATHAN BIDDLE,
third son of Thomas and Christine, born 16 May, 1807; m. 1
June, 1854, Mary Deborah, daughter of Samuel Baird. He was
Adjutant General of Penna. Reserves, and died from a wound
received at Market Cross Roads, 30 June, 1 862. He had :

Owen Family — Biddle Branch. 147

1. Jonathan Williams, b. 1 Aug., 1855; d. 1877.

2. Lydia McFunn, b. 9 April, 1857; m- Moncure Rob-
inson, Jr.

3. Spencer Fullerton Baird, b. 12 Jan., 1859.

4. Christine Williams, b. 28 Aug., i860.

5. Henry Jonathan, b. 14 May, 1862.

IV. ALEXANDER BIDDLE, fourth son of Thomas
and Christine, born 29 April, 18 19; married, 11 October, 1855,
Julia Williams, daughter of Samuel Rush, M. D., and had :

1. Alexander Williams, b. 4 July, 1856; m., 1879, Anne,
dau. Hon. William McKennan, Judge U. S. C. C, and has :
Pauline, Christine.

2. Henry Rush, b. 15 March, 1858; d. 1877.

3. Julia Rush, b. 25 July, 1859.

4. James Wilmer, b. 22 Nov., 1861.

5. Louis Alexander, b. 12 March, 1863.

6. Mariamne, b. 8 Nov., 1856.

7. Lynford, b. 26 Aug., 1871.

IV. JONATHAN WILLIAMS BIDDLE, fifth son of
Thomas and Christine, born 12 Aug., 1821 ; married, 16 April,
1846, Emily, daughter of Dr. Charles Meigs, of Philadelphia,
and had :

1. Christine, b. 14 Feb., 1847; m- Richard M. Cadwal-
ader. (See that family.)

2. Charles Meigs, b. 10 Jan., 1849.

3. Williams, b. 16 July, 1850.

4. Mary, b. 7 Dec, 185 1.

5. Thomas, b. 7 July, 1853.

6. Emily Williams, b. 15 March, 1855.

IV. EMILY CHAPMAN, first daughter of Dr. Nathan-
iel Chapman and Rebeckah Cornell Biddle, his wife, born in
Philadelphia 25 August, 18 10; married, 21 November, 1833,
John Montgomery Gordon, of Virginia. They had issue :

1. Chapman, b. 2 Aug., 1834; d. young.

2. John Montgomery, b. 10 Aug., 1836; d. infant.

148 Mcrion in the Welsh Tract.

3. Susan Fitzhugh, b. 17 Jan., 1838; d. young.

4. Emily Chapman, b. 20 April, 1840; d. infant.

5. Rebecca Chapman, b. 3 Sep., 1842; m., 1867, Eugene
Blackford, of Lynchburg, Va., and had: Emily Chapman,
Eugene, William G., b. 1874.

IV. JOHN BIDDLE CHAPMAN, first son of Dr.
Nathaniel Chapman and Rebeckah Cornell Biddle, his wife,
born in Philadelphia, 3 June, 181 1. He married Mary Ran-
dolph, of Virginia, and had :

1. Gabriella, m. Marquis de Potesdad.

2. Emily, m. Prince Joseph Pignatelli d'Aragon.

IV. GEORGE WILLIAM CHAPMAN, second son of
Dr. Nathaniel Chapman and Rebeckah Cornell Biddle, his
wife, born in Philadelphia 10 December, 18 16; m. Emily,
daughter of John Markoe, and had :

1. Mary Randolph, m. John Borland Thayer, and has:
George C, Henry G, John B., Walter, Mary, Sidney, M. C.
Farnum.

2. Elizabeth Camac, m. William Davis Winsor, and has
Emily Chapman, m. William W. Philler, and Louise Brooks.

3. Henry Cadwalader, b. 17 Aug., 1845; m. Hannah
Megargee.

4. Rebecca, m. James Davis Winsor, and has: Mary,
Henry, James, Davis, Rebecca, Ellen.

5. George, b. 5 July, 1852 ; d. infant.

IV. JOHN BARCLAY BIDDLE, eldest son of Col.
Clement Cornell and Mary, born 3 January, 181 5, married 7
Nov., 1850, Caroline, daughter of William Phillips, and had:

1. Anna Clifford, b. 17 Sept., 1851 ; m. Clement Stacker
Phillips, 1 88 1.

2. Harriet, b. 8 Aug., 1852; m. 11 Oct., 1876, De Grasse
Fox.

3. William Phillips, b. 17 Dec, 1853.

4. Clement, b. n Dec, 1854.

Owen Family — Biddle Branch. 149

5. Elizabeth Rebecca, b. 9 Dec, 1856; m. 9 Dec, 1877,
Samuel M. Miller, M. D., and has Charlotte Barclay, Marion
Spencer, John Barclay.

6. Caroline, b. 16 March, i860.

IV. GEORGE WASHINGTON BIDDLE, second son
of Col. Clement Cornell and Mary, born 1 1 January, 1 822 ;
married Maria, daughter of William McMurtrie, of Burlington,
New Jersey, and had :

1. George, b. 21 Aug., 1843 ! m- Mary Hosack, dau. Dr.
F. Kearney Rodgers, of N. Y., and has : Dorothea Pendleton,
Eleanor K., Constance Elizabeth.

2. Algernon Sydney, b. 11 Oct., 1847; m. 1879, 28 June,
Frances, d. Moncure Robinson.

3. Arthur, b. 23 Sept., 1852; m. Julia Biddle, and had:
Edith Frances, b. 1881, Julia Cox, b. 1882.

IV. COLONEL CHAPMAN BIDDLE, third son of
Col. Clement Cornell and Mary, b. 22 January, 1822, Colonel
12 Reg. Penna. Vol., 1862. He married, 1849, Mary Livings-
ton, daughter of Captain Walter Livingston Cochran, of New-
York, and had :

1. Mary C, b. 16 June, 1850.

2. Clement Cornell, b. 5 Sept., 185 1 ; d. 1873.

3. Walter Livingston Cochran, b. 21 Aug., 1853 ; m. i88i»
Pauline Davis, d. Dr. Robert Carter, U. S. A., but d. s. p.

IV. THOMAS BIDDLE, eldest son of James Cornell
and Sarah, b. 2 January, 1827. He married, 7 November,
1 861, Sarah Fredrica, daughter of William White, Esq., and
had :

1. Caldwell Keppele, b. at Rio Janeiro 3 Jan., 1863.

2. Harrison White, b. at Washington, D. C, 16 May, 1 864.

3. Sarah White, b. Germantown, 9 Jan., 1 867.

4. James Cornell, b. 3 July, 1868.

5. Elizabeth Caldwell, b. at St. Augustine, 28 Jan., 1870.

150 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

IV CALDWELL KEPPELE BIDDLE, second son of
James Cornell and Sarah, born 22 January, 1829; married 28
April, 1857, Elizabeth Ricketts, widow of Robert Meade, and
had :

Maria Palmer, b. 1858; d. infant.

IV. JAMES CORNELL BIDDLE, third son of James
Cornell and Sarah, born 3 October, 1835 ; married, 27 De-
cember, 1862, Gertrude Gouverneur, daughter of Hon. Wil-
liam Morris Meredith, and had :

Catherine Meredith.
Sarah Caldwell.

V. GABRIELLA CHAPMAN, first daughter of John
Biddle Chapman, married, November, 1853, Luis de Potesdad,
Marquis de Potesdad Fornari, and had :

1. Luis Emilio.

2. Emily Mildred.

3. Emanuel Henry.

4. John Henry.

5. Robert Lee.

6. Maria Gabriella.

7. Julie Francoise Eugenie.

FOULKE ARMS.

DESCENDANTS OF HANNAH JONES, DAUGHTER

OF OWEN AND SUSANNAH JONES, OF

MERION, AND AMOS FOULKE.

I. Hannah Jones, daughter of Owen and Susanna, of
Merion, married Amos Foulke1, born
nth month 5th, 1740; died 1793. He
died in Philadelphia. They had three
children :

1. Susan2, born 10th month nth,
1781; died, 2nd month 1st, 1842; un-
married.

2. Edward, born nth month 17th,
1784; died 7th month 17th, 1851.

3. George, born 7th month 23d,
1786; died 7th month, 1848; un-
married3.

II. Edward Foulke, of Gwynedd Township, Mont-
gomery County, Pa., son of Amos and Hannah. Born nth
month 17th, 1784, in Market Street, Philadelphia; died at his
home, Penllyn, 7th month 17th, 1851. He married 12 month
nth, 1 8 10, Tacy Jones, daughter of Isaac and Gainor, of
Montgomery County, Pa.

III. Ann J., born 9 mo. 15, 181 1 ; died 6 mo. 25, 1888;
married 12 mo. 26, 1832, Dr. Hiram Corson (born 10 mo. 8,
1804), son of Joseph and Hannah, of Plymouth, Penna.,
graduate 1828, of the medical department University of Penn-
sylvania, and has issue, surname CORSON, as follows :

'I am indebted to Robert R. Corson, of Philadelphia, for this data.

2He was son of William, son of Thomas, son of Edward Foulke, of Gwynedd.

3The remains of Amos and Hannah Foulke's children, Susan, George and
Edward (with infant son of Edward), were disinterred from Friends' burying
ground, Penllyn, Montgomery Co., Penna., and deposited in lot of Robert R.
Corson, at North Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Penna., October 18th, 1887.

152 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1. Edward F., born 10 mo. 14, 1834; died 6 mo. 22, 1864.
Graduate Medical Department of the University of Penna.
Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy previous to and during war of
the Rebellion. 2. Joseph K., born 11 mo. 22, 1836. Graduate
of Pharmacy and of Medicine, Assistant Surgeon U. S. Vol.
and Surgeon U. S. Army ; married 1 1 mo. 2, 1874, Mary Ada,
daughter of Judge Wm. Alexander Carter, of Wyoming Ter-
ritory. (Issue two children: Mary Carter, b. 1 mo. 4, 1876;
died 6 mo. 30, 1890. Edward b. 11 mo. 30, 1883.) 3. Caro-
line, born 4 mo. 2, 1839; d. 7, 20, 1865, unm. 4. Tacy F.,
born 1 mo. 26, 1841 ; m. 2 mo. 8, 1865, Wm. L. Cresson.
(Issue four children: Caroline C, b. 2 mo. 7, 1866. James, b.
5 mo. 12, 1869. Mary C, b. 9 mo. 12, 1872. Nancy L. C, b.
12, 3, 1873.) 5. Charles Follen, born 11 mo. 22, 1842; died 5,
30, 1889. Graduate University of Pennsylvania ; m. 12, 14,
1876, Mary S. Lukens, daughter of Lewis A. Lukens; she
died 9, 7, 1877. Married second time 2, 18, 1889, Margaret
Slemmer, of Norristown, Pa. 6. Susan F., born 8 mo. 9,
1845 ; m. 11 mo. 26, 1868, Jawood Lukens, of Conshohocken,
Penna. 7. Bertha, born 12 mo. 17, 1847, m. 6 mo. 17, 1868,
James Yocom, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa. (Issue seven children :
Fannie G, b. 5 mo. 19, 1869. Thomas C, b. 12 mo. 10, 1870.
Bertha E. C, b. 12 mo. 23, 1872. Georgia C, b. 2 mo. 25,
1876. Hiram C, b. 11 mo. 30, 1878. Dorothea C.,b. 1 mo.
29, 1881. James C, b. 10 mo. 21, 1887.) 8. Frances C,
born 10 mo. 25, 1849; m- " mo- I2> ^74, Richard H. Day,
of Philadelphia, Pa. (Issue three children : Bertha C, b. 8
mo. 20, 1875. Charles, b. 5 mo. 15, 1879. Richard, b. 8 mo.
22, 1891.) 9. Mary, born 11 mo. 26, 1852; unmarried1.

III. Jesse, born 6, 23, 1813 ; d. 2, 15, 1892, unmarried.

III. Charles, born 12, 14, 1815; d. 12, 30, 1871.
Graduate Medical Department University of Penna. ; m. 3, 14,
1843, Harriet M. Corson, daughter of Dr. Richard D. Corson,
New Hope, Pa. Issue three children: 1. Richard C, b. 11

■The above named are the children and grand children of Dr. Hiram Corson,
who is living (February, 1894), in his 90th year.

Owen Family — Foulke-Corson Branch. 153

mo. 2, 1843. Graduate of M. D. University of Penna. ; m. 6
mo. 5, 1872, Louisa M. Vansant. (Issue three children:
Charles, b. 4, 13, 1873. Clarabel V., b. 4, 26, 1875. Rebecca

C, b. 8, 18, 1878; d. 3, 15, 1882.) 2. Edward, of Washington,

D. C, b. 3, 23, 1847; m- 4» l9> J876, Lida Van Horn,
daughter of Joseph A. Van Horn, Yardley, Penna. (Issue two
children: Helen, b. 11, 17, 1884; d. 11, 27, 1884. Van Horn,
12, 16, 1886.) 3. Thomas J. C, b. 3, 16, 1851 ; d. 9, 15, 1883,
unmarried.

III. Susan, born 7, 18, 1818; d. 11, 2, 1886, unmarried.

III. Owen, born 8, 8, 1 820 ; d. in infancy.

III. Prisciixa, born 10, 10, 1821 ; d. 12, 28, 1882; m.
4, 22, 1849, Thomas Wistar, son of Thomas. Issue four child-
ren : 1. Edward M., b. 1, 3, 1852 ; m. 1 1, 16, 1876, Margaret C.
Collins. (Issue three children: Thomas, b. 10, 18, 1877.
Casper, b. 11, 18, 1880. Elizabeth, b. 10, 10, 1884.) 2. Susan
W., b. 5, 12, 1850; m. 5, 27, 1872, Howard Comfort. (Issue
one child: William W., b. 5, 27, 1874.) 3. Elizabeth B. W.,
b- 5, 7, 1855 ; m. 9, 18, 1879, George Warner. 4. Annie M.,
b. 2, 9, 1862 ; m. 12, 13, 1888, Henry Ecroyd Haines.

III. Jonathan, born 1, 10, 1825 ; d. in infancy.

III. Lydia S., born 2, 18, 1827; d. 8, 27, 1861 ; m. 6, 3,
1852, Charles W. Bacon, son of John. (Issue one child : Anna
F., b. 4, 14, 1853; m. 9, 27, 1883, Robert K. Neff, Jr.)

III. Rebecca J., born 5, 18, 1829; m. 10, 8, 1857, Robert
R. Corson, son of Dr. Richard D. Corson, of New Hope,
Penna.

III. Hannah J., born 9, 18, 1831; m. 5, 20, 1862, Fran-
cis Bacon, son of John. Issue three children: 1. Lydia F. b.
12, 27, 1863; d. 11, 18, 1890; m. 4,7, 1890, Thomas H. Miles.
2. Francis L., b. 3, 16, 1868. 3. Albert Edward, b. 9, 27, 1869.

III. Emily, born 12, 2, 1834; d. 8, 23, 1892; m. 12, 16,
1858, Charles L. Bacon, who died 2, 26, 1861.

III. Owen, born 3, 6, 1838; d. 8, 23, 1838.

W. T. — 20.

ARMS OF IESTYN AP GWRGAN.
Gules, three chevronells, argent.

THE BEVAN FAMILY, OF TREVERIGG, GLAMOR-
GANSHIRE, AND MERION, PENNSYLVANIA.

From the south side of Lancaster Avenue, directly
opposite Wynnewood Station, on the main line of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad, in Lower Merion, a fine Telford street leads
directly to the old Haverford Road, the southern border of the
original township. The new avenue, one of the most pic-
turesque drives in this section, is bounded for a little distance
on the west by the property of Isaac H. Clothier, Esq., and on
the east by what was formerly Remington's Park. Passing
down this street towards Haverford, we come to a picturesque
farm, now, or late, belonging to the Henry Morris estate, and
extending to the township line. This land, until a few years
since, was the property of the Bevan family, and a part of the
original purchase of John Bevan (otherwise called John ap
Evan, ab Evan or B'evan), who came here from his paternal
estate of Treverigg, in Glamorganshire, in the year 1683. A
very old Colonial mansion is yet standing upon the summit of
a gentle slope of hill-side, to the west of, and overlooking the
way, and if it does not include a part of the first stone house

Bevan Family. 1 5 5

built by the family, it is nevertheless, doubtless, on the site of
the home of the first owner of the broad tract, of which this
little farm of some 78 acres was all that remained a few years
since, when it was sold by Henry C. Bevan, a direct male de-
scendant of John, the first settler. The lands of John Bevan,
the original patentee, extended into Haverford Township, and
it was at this place that he settled the little company of col-
onists that he brought out from his Welsh home. The Haver-
ford lands were surveyed to those persons who had con-
tributed towards the purchase money for the 2000 acres pat-
ented, whilst the Merion lands were retained by John Bevan
for his own use.

The family of Treverigg was one of the most ancient in
Glamorganshire, and possessed considerable wealth for that
day. The Bevans descended in the direct male line from the
ancient Princes or Lords of Glamorgan, whose lineage is trace-
able for many generations back to the old Cymric Kings of
the Island of Britain. The following is the ancestry of John
Bevan (beginning in more modern times), compiled from
authentic documents and records remaining in Glamorgan-
shire. A brief account of the direct male descendants in Penn-
sylvania is also added, whilst the descendants in the female
lines are given in the last part of this article. As it is under-
stood that the male line in Glamorganshire has failed, and that
the earlier male lines from Iestyn ap Gwrgan have died out, it
would appear that members of the American branch are not
only the sole male representatives of the Treverigg family, but
are representatives, as heirs male, according to their respective
order, of the ancient Princes of Glamorgan.

The pedigree is as follows :

I. Iestyn ap Gwrgan1. He became Prince of the terri-
tory now called Glamorganshire, Wales, upon the death of his
father, in the year 1030, but owing to his violent and head-
strong disposition and his arrogance, he was at first rejected
as a ruler, and his uncle, Howell, a mild and wise Lord, was

■Royal Tribes of Wales, Yorke, Ed. by Richard Williams, 1887, Lond. 4to.

156 Mcrion in the Welsh Tract.

elected instead. It was not, therefore, until the latter's death,
which occurred in 1043, that Iestyn succeeded to the Sover-
eignty which his ancestors had held for so many generations-
Some time after this, in 1088, Iestyn, then over seventy years
of age, became involved in a war with Rhys ap Tewdwr,
Prince of South Wales, by whom he was defeated in battle.
In order to win back from Rhys the castles taken by him,
Iestyn invited the Normans to assist him, promising them a
part of his territory. Having, however, once obtained a foot-
hold in the country, the Normans were not easily satisfied, but
finally succeeded in seizing all of Iestyn's territory, and, in
conjunction with some dissatisfied subjects, driving him from
the country into exile. He fled first to Glastonbury, thence
to Bath, and ultimately to the monastery of Llangenys, in
Monmouthshire, where he died, in obscurity and forgotten, at
the great age, it is said, of 129 years.

Fitzhamon, the leader of the Norman invaders, appropri-
ated Glamorgan, which he divided into nineteen parts. As
some of Iestyn's sons were popular with the people, and had
not opposed Fitzhamon, four shares of their father's land were
set aside for them and one share was given to Einion ap Coll-
wyn, Iestyn's son-in-law, and one to Robert ap Seisyllt.

Iestyn ap1 Gwrgan married several times. According to
the best accounts extant he married first, Denis2, sister to
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys ; secondly Angharad^,
daughter of Elystan Gloddrudd, Lord of Fferllwg; thirdly4
Gwenvyn, daughter of Cynfyn ap Gweristans.

By his first wife he had issue :

1. Rhydderch.

'It is presumed that the reader is now familiar with the " modo Wallico,"
or Welsh system of surnames. The child always took the Christian or given
name of his father as his surname, thus John, the son of Thomas, would be called
John ap (or ab) Thomas, ap or ab meaning son of, or simply John Thomas. If
the word ap, wherever it occurs, is simply read son of, the difficulty often ex-
perienced in fully understanding a Welsh genealogy is greatly lessened.

2Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae. Dwnn, Yorke.

3lolo MSS., 393.

♦Limb. Pat. Morg. et Glam.

sPowys Fadog IV, p. 175.

Bevan Family. 157

2. Meredith.

3. Cadwgan.

4. Griffith.

5. Rhiwallon.

6. Morgan.

7. Elen.

By his second wife he had issue :

1. Caradog, Lord of Avan or Aberaven, vulgo Aberavon,
which he purchased1.

2. Madog, of whom presently.

3. Rhys.

4. Nest, m. Einion ap Collwyn.
5 — dau1.

II. Madog ap Iestyn, the third son of Iestyn ap Gwrgan,
by his second wife, had, probably according to the division
made by Fitzhamon, for his share of his father's territory, the
Lordship of Ruthyn, and the lands between the Rivers Taff
and Ely. He married Janet, daughter of Sytsyll, Lord of
Upper Gwent, by whom he had issue a son :

III. Howell ap Madog, who married a daughter of
Griffith ap Ivor Bach [or, a lion rampant, argent, debruised by
a bend gobonny argent and gules], and had issue :

1. Cynfrig, of whom presently.

2. Jevan.

3. Joan.

IV. Cynfrig ap Howell, eldest son, Lord of Llantrithyd
and Radyr. He married Angharad, daughter and co-heiress
of Lewis ap Rhys ap Rosser. Cynfrig probably died prior to
6 Edward I., 1280. He had issue :

"Of the children of his third and possibly a fourth wife there are conflicting
accounts, and as they were of the younger lines it is scarcely worth while to con-
sider them. It is claimed that Iestyn had an only daughter by a wife not named
here, and an heiress, who was called Asar, or Sara, and who married Paine Tuber-
ville, by whom he got Coity Castle. This story is referred to elsewhere in these
pages ; but whether she was the daughter of Iestyn, or of his son Morgan, or
whether she was actually heiress of the place, or it was only bestowed upon her
by her father, does not appear to be clearly determined.

158 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1. Llewelyn1, of Llantrithyd, of whom presently.

2. Howell, of Radyr.

3. David.

4. Jevan, living nth year of Edward II., 1318-192.

5. Berten, m. Catherine Wlaidd.

6. Thomas Ddu.

7. Yorath Mawr, of Treoda, m. d. Llewelwyn|Lleia.

8. Jevans.

V. Llewelyn ap Cynfrig, eldest son ; he was possessed
of the lands of Llantrithyd, and was alive in the 6th year of
Edward I., 1280, and probably as late as 1317. He married a
daughter of Sir Ralph Maylog, and had issue :

1. Evan (Ievan).

2. Llewelyn Ychan.

3. Aeddan.

4. Jevan Mady, of whom presently.

5. David Rhydlavar.

6. Jenet, m. Sir Thomas ap Aaron.

7. Gwardhin.

VI. Jevan Mady, fourth son of Llewelyn, had the lands
of Bwlch Gwyn, whose wife is not mentioned. He had issue :

1. Llewelyn, of whom presently.

2. dau. — m. Griffith Ychan, of Ystrady vodwg.

3. dau. — m. Thomas ap Jenkin ap Rees.

4. dau. — m. Llewelyn Lleia.

VII. Llewelyn ap Jevan Mady, only son and heir ; is
called of Abergorky. He married, first, a daughter of Morgan,
of Llantwit ; secondly, a daughter of Llewelyn ap Ivorhir ;
and thirdly, a daughter of Llewelyn Lleia4. By his second wife
he had issue :

'Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganise.

=Ibid.

3The name Jevan, as used here, is precisely the same as Ievan or Evan, or
Ivan, occurring elsewhere in this book. In Glamorganshire genealogies, however,
the former mode of spelling is principally followed. It was usual to give several
children the same names.

<The daughter of Llewelyn Lleia was probably by another wife, or else Llew-
elyn ap Jevan married his own niece.

Bevan Family. 159

1. Philip.

2. Howel.

3. William Tew.

4. Thomas Ddu, of whom presently.

5. Jevan.

6. Llewelyn.

7. dau. — m. William Morgan, of Llantrithyd.

8. dau. — m. David ap Ievan.

9. Ellen, m. Thomas Jenkin ap Rees.

VIII. Thomas Ddu (or Thomas with black hair), fourth
son of Lewelyn of Abergorky, married Crisly, daughter of
Howel ap Philip hir, and had by her :

1. Howel.

2. Jenkin, of whom presently.

3. Richard, d. s. p.

IX. Jenkin ap Thomas Ddu, second son, had, by a
daughter of David Llwyd ap Madoc, a son :

X. Ralph ap Jenkin, who married a daughter and
heiress of Philip Vawr, and had issue by her :

1. Dio Coch, m. dau. Mathew Tuberville.

2. Jenkin, of whom presently.

3. Richard, m. Wenllian, d. Thomas Rosser.

4. Phillip, m. d. Llewelyn Morgan.

5. Catherine, m. Robert Mathew, of Rhiw-y-Saeson.

XI. Jenkin ap Ralph, second son, living circa 1520;
he married first, Wenllian (Gwenllian), daughter of Hen — .,
and secondly, Margaret, daughter of Richard ap Jevan. By
his first wife he had issue :

1. John, of whom presently.

2. Jennet, m. Morgan John, of Treos.
By his second wife he had issue :

1. Richard, m. Mary, d. John Llewelyn, of Caerwigga.

2. Morgan.

3. Wenllian, m. Richard ap Evan.

4. Catherine, m. Robert ap Morgan Williams.

160 Metion in the Welsh Tract.

XII. John ap Jenkin, eldest son and heir, living circa
1550; married Wenllian, daughter of Jevan Morgan, descended
from Bach ap Grono, and had issue by her :

1. Jevan (Evan), of whom presently.

2. David.

3. Richard.

4. Morgan.

5. Catherine, m. Evan ap Howel.

6. dau.

XIII. Jevan (Evan) ap John, eldest son, died prior 7
Nov. 5th, Charles I. ; married Wenllian, daughter of David ap
Llewelyn ap Howel, and had issue by her :

I. John, of Treverigg in Llantrisant1, of whom presently.

"Treverigg, spelled also in various other ways, any one of which seems to be
correct, is an estate in the parish of Llantrisent, or Llantrisant, a few miles from
Cardiff, Glamorganshire. It formed, originally, a part of the possessions of the
sons of Iestyn ap Gwrgan, but whether it descended to John Bevan's grandfather,
John ap Evan, from Llewelyn ap Cynfrig, who held large tracts of land in the
adjoining parish with some detached estates in Llantrisent, or through an alliance
with an heiress also descended from Iestyn, cannot at present be satisfactorily ex-
plained. The evidence, however, seems to show that this property came to the
Bevans through the direct male line. The fact that a natural son — namely, Ralph
ap Jenkin — would occur in the chain of title, does not interfere with this supposi-
tion, for in Glamorganshire, until a recent date, natural sons inherited and were equal
in law to those born in wedlock. The name means the Tref or Hamlet of Meurig.
What Meurig gave his name to the place is not certain, but he may have been
identical with a certain Meurig who was ancestor to Iestyn, as the name is very
ancient. If there was formerly any considerable hamlet here, it has disappeared
long since, unless the three farms, called in the will of John Bevan's grandfather
" My three Principals," might be so called ; but they are a considerable distance
from each other. The estate of Treverigg is about two miles long and perhaps a
mile wide, and is now, as we have said, divided into three farms, each having its
house or hendre. According to the best opinion, the house in which John Bevan
was accustomed to reside is that nearest to the little Quaker meeting which he
erected upon his own domain. This dwelling, which is said to be a substantial
building, is now used as a farm-house. It has every appearance of having been
erected in the sixteenth century, and is pleasantly situated near a stream of water,
and was, doubtless, near the mill which formerly belonged to the Lords of Tre-
verigg. This mill was standing and in operation in John Bevan's time. The
rooms of the house, which are very large, are timbered in heavy oak, and the
floors are paved with stone, as usual in Wales at that period. The statement that
this particular house, of the three residences belonging to him, was the home of
John Bevan, is confirmed by the traditions current in fhe neighborhood and the
statement of his descendants residing at Llantrisant. The near location to the
meeting-house and mill, with its then probably existing hamlet of tenements, is
also taken into consideration. The other houses are distant, one of them about a
mile and a half, and the other about the same distance in another direction. One
of these has lately been altered into a fine country seat, and is the residence of the

Bevan Family. 161

2. Morgan, m. the widow of Gamage.

3. David, m. Catherine Williams.

4. Richard1, m. Gwenny, d. Howel ap David Powell, liv.
1630.

5. Wenllian, m. Morris Matthew.

6. Mary, m. David ap Edmond Hughes2, liv. 1630, 29
July.

XIV. John ap Jevan (Evan), of Treverigg, in the parish
of Llantrisant, born probably circa 1585, died prior to 29
July, 1630, and was buried in Llantrisant Church, where his
tomb is said to remain.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Richards^.
She was alive 1630, and her father was living subsequent to 29
July, 1 630".

The will of John ap Evan remains at Llandaf Registry,
Glamorganshire. It has been abstracted (1895) as follows :

Abstract of the will of John ap Evan, grandfather of John
Bevan :

John ap Evan of Llantrisant in the county of Glamorgan
and Diocese of Llandaf, 27 June, 1630.

To Llandaf cathedral 5 s.

To Llantrisant church 5s.

To daughter Wenllian John iooli.
Chateryn John 50I1.

present owner of the estate, Mr. Samuel Evans, who purchased it, but is not a de-
scendant. Two descendants of John Bevan now reside in the neighborhood. One
of them is Mr. John Bevan, a gentleman of independent means, and advanced in
years ; and the other in the female line, Mr. William John, of the town of Llan-
trisent, who comes from Barbara, said to have been the daughter of John Bevan,
Jr., of Treverigg, who came from Pennsylvania in 1726-7 to inherit the property

after the death of his grandfather. This Barbara married one Davies, who had

Rees Davies, from whom Mr. John comes. Treverigg is reached from the town of
Llantrisant, in a roundabout way, by an old and now unused lane ; but a highway,
leading in another direction, runs through the estate. The meeting-house which
John Bevan erected upon his land is still standing, and is at present used as a tene-
ment house. A view of it, from a sketch made by Miss Bell, a descendant of John
Bevan, whilst on a visit to Wales during the past summer, is given.

'Richard ap Evan ; he was executor to his brother's will, and living in 1630,
on the 29th July.

2Edmond Hughes, as well as his son, David, was living 1630.

sLimbus Patrum Morganise et Glamorganise. See also will, here given.

■•Will of John ap Evan.

1 62 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

To daughter Elizabeth John 40H.
" " Barbara John 30I1.

" Son Evan John a moiety of my household stuff " to-
gether with my three principalles." [Three principal tene-
ments or estates.]

To niece Sisill John, daughter of John Thomas, 4H. "To
my nurse Wenllian Evan 20s." Legacies to Evan John and
Richard John children of John Richard ap Evan Morgan.
" To my servants, Thomas Howell, Morgan Thomas, Edward
Thomas and Joan Griffith. To the poor of Llantrisant par-
ish 20s.

" My wedded wife Elizabeth Thomas, to occupy for her
life my tenements called Kae Banall [Cae Banal] and Kystille
[Cestyll]."

" Item I doe appointe that my executors shall paye unto
Dauid Edmond and Marye his wife the sume of twentie two
pounds and ffive shillings of lawfull English monie w'ch were
heertofour by me tendred uppon the viijth daye of January last
past acordinge and in p'susance of an order from the Kings

ma18 councell in of Wales Beringe date the

seaventh daye of November in the ffifth yeare of his mat's
Raigne, that nowe is, yffe [if] Edmond hughe ffather

Sayd Dauid to geather wth the sayde Dauid

Edmond doe p'form & accomplishe Order wch

are of yeire p'tes [their parts] to be p'formed."

Executors, Thomas Richards, Morice Williams, gent, and
my brother Richard ap Evan and my cozen John Dauid.
" Debita petenda.

Of Richard locher, gent xj li.

Of Morgan Mathewe, gent, iiij li.

Of Thomas Edward, xs.

Of Evan Morgan of mynachdy, gent, iij li. iiijs.

Of Morgan g'lym, miller xxs.

Of Thomas dauid xxs.

" Testes" : Moris Williams, Dauid John Jenkin, John
Richard, Richard Evans, and of Mr. Edmond Treherne, wth
others."

" Probatu apud Landaff xixl July Anno dni 1630.
Coram, Thomas Gwyn legu. doctor, etc."

John ap Evan had issue1 by Elizabeth ; his wife :

'It will be observed that they are all mentioned in his will ; they may also be
found in pedigree in Limb. Pat. Morg. et Glam.

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1. Evan (Jevan), of Treverigg, of whom presently.

2. Wenllian, m. Rees ap Hopkin Thomas ; she was liv.
1630.

3. Catharine, m. George Mathew, of Flepton ; she was liv.
27 June, 1630.

4. Elizabeth m. David ap Morgan. She was liv. 27
June, 1630.

5. Barbara, m. Jevan ap Griffith ; she was liv. 27 June,
1630.

XV. Evan ap John, only son and heir of John ap Evan,
of Treverigg, in the parish of Llantrisant, was probably under
age at the time of his father's death in 1630, and appears to
have died before 1665. He married about the year 1664,
Jane, daughter of Richard ap Evan, of Collenna, an estate in
the Llantrissant parish. Richard ap Evan's wife was Cather-
ine, daughter of Thomas Basset, of Miscin, by Mary, daughter
of David Evans, whose wife was great-great-granddaughter
of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, son of Charles d.
15 April, 1526, son of Henry (Plantagenet) Beaufort, beheaded
1463, great-grandson of Edward III., King of England. (See
Chart pedigree.) Evan ap John, of Treverigg, had issue, four
sons, who assumed the surname of Bevan, an abbreviation of
" Ab Evan" (or ap Evan), i. e., son of Evan. They are named
as follows :

1. John Bevan (or ap Evan), of Treverigg, settled in
Penna., 1682, of whom presently.

2. Charles Bevan, of Llantwitvardre, Deputy Sheriff of
Glamorganshire under William Aubrey of Pencoed.

3. Evan Bevan.

4 — Son (Richard ?).
5 — dau — d. unm.

XVI. John Bevan, the eldest son of Evan ap John, of
Treverigg, in the parish of Llantrisant, Glamorganshire. In
some deeds for Pennsylvania he is described as John ap Evan,
of Treverigg, in others as John Bevan. As trustee for a com-
pany of Cymric Quaker Adventurers he purchased 2000 acres

164 Merion i?i the Welsh Tract.

of land in the Province of Pennsylvania, a part of which was
surveyed in Haverford and about 300 acres in Merion, in the
Welsh Tract. He removed to Pennsylvania 1683; became a
member of the Provincial Assembly, and was a very prominent
colonist. (See sketch of his life in following pages). After re-
maining in Pennsylvania some years he returned to Wales,
leaving his married children in the Province. He died upon
his ancestral estate of Treverigg, which had been in the pos-
session of his ancestors many hundred years, 1726. His will
is dated March, 1724-25, and was proved 21 October, 17261, at
Llandaf, Glamorganshire. (See sketch of his life.) John Bevan
had by Barbara, his wife, the following children :

1. Evan Bevan2, of whom presently.

2. Jane, m. John Wood (for descendants see future page).

3. Ann, m. Owen Roberts (for descendants see Hugh
Roberts, of Merion).

4. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Richardson (for descendants see
future page).

5. Barbara, d. in Wales, 1705.

XVII. Evan Bevan, eldest son and heir of John, by
Barbara, his wife, born in Wales circa 1666-1668; died in
Merion, in the Welsh Tract, in the Province of Pennsylvania,
prior 13 August, 1720; Letters of Administration were granted
upon his estate to Eleanor Bevan, his widow, the above date.
He married nth month 9th, 1693, at Darby Meeting, Penn-
sylvania, Eleanor, sister of John Wood, of Darby. She
died in Merion 28th of nth month, 1744.

A biographical sketch of her says : " This minister of the
gospel was long a member of Haverford Meeting. It appears
that many trials had been metered out to her by her heavenly
Father, and that she had borne the proving dispensations with
patient resignation, under which his presence had been as an
arm of strength. For more than forty years she had lived in
unity with her friends in Haverford, when in the early part of

■See infra.

'Mentioned in deeds and power of attorney from his father, and in his will.

Bevan Family. 165

1737, she removed to the city of Philadelphia, being then an
aged woman.

The certificate she brought with her styles her " our
ancient friend, Eleanor Bevan," and then certifies " she lived
in fellowship with us upwards of forty years, her life circum-
spect, and her conversation inoffensive, well suiting the tender
and seasonable exhortations she sometimes has been con-
cerned to drop publicly amongst us." She returned to Merion
and died as above stated. Under the will of John Bevan, of
Treverigg, she held a life interest in one-half part of the Mer-
ion plantation.

Evan Bevan and Eleanor, his wife, had issue.

1. John Bevan, b. 1694; he was heir to Treverigg in
Glamorganshire, to which place he removed, and there died,
leaving descendants. He had issue, living 1725.

2. Barbara, b. 1696.

3. Evan Bevan, b. 1698, of whom presently.

4. Aubrey, for whose issue see a future page.

5. Charles.

6. Ann.

7. Catherine.

8. Jane, b. 1707-8.

XVIII. Evan Bevan, second son of Evan and Eleanor,
born in Merion, i2mo. 14th, 1698; died in Philadelphia 1746.
Letters of Administration were granted on his estate 20 August,
1746, to Mary Bevan, his widow. Under his grandfather's
will he inherited 300 acres of land in Merion, half at time of
death of John, his grandfather, and half after the decease of
Eleanor, his mother, to him and the heirs of his body forever,
in tail male. It is probable that Evan Bevan was twice mar-
ried. The name of the last, if not the first wife, was Mary.
The names of all his children have not been ascertained, but
it is certain that he had :

1. Charles, eldest son and heir.

2. Evan, died in Philadelphia, 1787.

1 66 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

XIX. Charles Bevan, of Philadelphia and Lower Mer-
ion, eldest son and heir of Evan, of same places. He appears
to have been engaged in business in the city, and did not re-
side continuously upon his plantation. He died prior to 28
January, 18001, at which time letters of administration were
granted upon his estate to Tyrringham Palmer and Thomas
Stewart, of the city of Philadelphia ; the sureties being Joseph
Johnson and Anthony Cuthbert, and the amount of bonds re-
quired, ,£1000. His wife's name has not been ascertained, but
she was dead before 10 February, 1800, as is evident from the
petition2 of Charles Bevan, apparently an orphan, setting forth
that his father, Charles Bevan, died some time ago intestate,
leaving an estate to which the petitioner is entitled, that he is
above the age of 14 years, and under the age of 21 years —
and praying for a guardian — making choice of Hugh Knox
and Joseph Price, who are appointed. Nor is any widow of
Charles Bevan mentioned in administration to his estate as
above. Charles Bevan had, in 1798, alienated 78 acres of his
estate to his daughter, Ann Shriver3, with reversion to the next
heirs of the Bevan line, in case of failure in the Shriver4 line.
Charles Bevan had issue (as far as ascertained) :

1. Ann, m. Philip Shriver.

2. Charles, of whom presently.

XX. Charles Bevan, of Lower Merion, son and heir of
Charles. He was under age 10 February, 1800 (see supra).
He married about 1801 or 1802, being probably still a minor,
Mary Lippincott5, of New Jersey, daughter of Henry (see Lip-
pincott Family Tree), and died before 14 August, 1809, as
appears by the petition6 of Mary Bevan (widow of the said

'Administration Book K, page 34, Philadelphia.

'Orphans' Court Docket, for February, 1800, Norristown, Montgomery Co.,
Penna.

sDeed recorded at Philadelphia.

*She married Philip Shriver 1 July 1790; First Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
sShe married 2ndly Osman Henvis, of Lower Merion, vide petition to Or-
phans'Court, 1831, January Term, Norristown.

'Orphans' Court Docket, Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pa.

Bevan Family. 167

Charles), David Roberts and Joseph Price, administrators of
the estate of Charles Bevan, late of Lower Merion, deceased,
setting forth that the deceased intestate left surviving him a
widow and two children, who are minors under the age of 14
years ; and praying the court to permit the sale of a part of
the messuage or tenement of about 200 acres, situate in Lower
Merion, of which the said Charles Bevan died seized of; and
also letters of administration1 granted on the estate of said
Charles Bevan, 3 February, 1809.

There is also of record the petition2 of Mary Bevan, widow
of Charles, presented 14 August, 1809, setting forth that the
said Charles Bevan, deceased, left issue, two children, to wit :
John and Henry, minors, under the age of 14 years, and pray-
ing the court to appoint Allen Lippincott and Jacob Bailer as
guardians, who were accordingly appointed.

The said Charles and Mary Bevan had issue :

1. John L., under age of 21 years in May, 18203.

2. Henry Clay.

XXI. Henry Clay Bevan, second son of Charles and
Mary Bevan, born in Lower Merion, 1808.

He married, in the Lower Merion Baptist Church, Bryn
Mawr, Penna., 9 January, 1834, Emily Horn4. He and his

'Reg. Wills office, Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pa.,
'Orphans' Court Docket, Norristown.

3lbid.

*The Horn family resided north of Bryn Mawr, Penna., and had intermarried
with the Lloyds and other Merion families. This record of marriage can be found
in the Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.

The following members of the Horn family are buried in the Lutheran burial
ground, southeast of Ardmore, near the Bevan tract :
George Horn, died 15 March, 1778, aged 67 years.
Andrew Horn, died 21 April, 1778, aged 55 years.

George Horn, died 20 July, 1813, aged 75 years, 4 months and 19 days. His
tomb has this inscription :

" This Man Was honest Faithful
Just and True. His Life To
Copy Ought to Be Our Vieu,
But Death has Conquer 'd
After Extreme pain And Our
Deep Loss is his eternal Gain."
John Horn, died I September, 1827, aged 57 years.
Elizabeth Horn, died II April, 1844, aged 70 years.
George Horn, died 18 March, 1836, aged 33 years.

1 68 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

brother, John L., appear to have made partition of their lands
between them, thus ignoring the entail imposed by the will of
John Bevan, of Treverigg, in 1724-5.

Henry C. Bevan had by Emily H., his wife :

1. John Horn.

2. Thomas Jefferson.

3. Henry Clay.

4. Elmira.

5. Emma Elizabeth.

6. Allen Lippincott.

7. Andrew Jackson.

8. William Colflesh.

9. Lewis Kensil.

10. Walter1, of Rosemont, Penna. (1895).

11. Catherine Colflesh.

12. Charles.

EDWARD iii= =
b. at Windsor 13 Nov. 1312.
Crowned, I Feb., 1328;
m. 24 Jan., 13 29, Philippa, dau of
William, Count of Holland and Hai-
nault, d. at Shene (now Richmond),
in Surrey, 21 June, 1377.

JOHN of Gaunt ;
b. 24 June 1340 ;
d. 3 Feb. 1399.

by his 3rd wife, Katharine Swynford,
he had :

JOHN DE BEAUFORT, = MARGARET dr. of
Earl of Somerset, j Thomas Holland

d. 1 Sep 1440. I Earl of Kent.

Elizabeth, daughter George and Jane Horn, died 21 Sept., 1844, agedJ.3 years.

Margaret Horn, sister of Elizabeth, died 20 April, 1835, aged 7 months.

William I. Horn, died 24 May, 1833, aged 56 years.

Rebecca, wife of William Horn, died 6 August, 1828, aged 44 years.

Elizabeth Horn, died 19 April, 1869 ; born 28 August, 1804.

Near these graves are two stones, one of Charles Schreiber, died 18 August,
1 794, aged 3 years, 2 months and 5 days, and the other of Hannah Schreiber, who
died 25 August, 1794, aged 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days. Whether or not the
name Schreiber in early times was ever written Shriver, or whether the children
were those of Ann Bevan and Philip Shriver, has not been definitely ascertained.

'Twenty-first in descent from Iestyn, Prince of Glamorgan, and 14th in de-
scent from Henry (Plantagenet) Somerset, Earl of Worcester, 1526.
sNamcs in capitals denote lines of descent from Plantagenet blood.

Bevan Family. i6g

I a

EDMUND BEAUFORT, = ELINOR BEAUCHAMP
Fell at St. Albans I dr & Co h, of Richard,
1455 I Earl of Warwick.

ENRY BEAUFORT
beheaded after the
battle of Hexham 1463.

He had a natural Son :

CHARLES SOMERSET = Elizabeth

Assumed the title Lord Herbert ;
Created Earl of Worcester 15 14 ;
d. 15 April 1526.

HENRY SOMERSET
=2nd Earl of Worcester
J

only dau & h.
of William
Herbert Earl
of Huntingdon .

ELEANOR = SIR ROGER VAUGHAN
of Porthaml in
Talgarth, knighted
about 1550 his
2nd wife Jane dr
of Robert ap Sir Robert
Whitney by
Constance Touchet a
descendant of Edward
III.

WATKIN VAUGHAN = Joan dr. of Evan ap
of Talgarth. | Gwilim Ychan of

Peytyn Gwyn.

SIR WILLIAM VAUGHAN = Catherine dr. of Jenkin

of Porthaml
died 1564.

Havard of Tredomen.

CATHERINE = David Evans of Neath

I Sheriff of Glamorganshire
I I563-

MARY (her 1st husband
Edward Turberville

of Sutton). = Thomas Basset of Miscin.

CATHERINE = Richard ap Evan
j of Collenna.

Evan or Jevan ap John = JANI
of Treverig. |

JOHN BEVAN;
died 1726.

170 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

John Bevan and His Family.1

Of John Bevan and his ancestry considerable is known.

He was the eldest of the four sons of Evan or Jevan ap John

jf~r m ap Evan, of Treverigg, in the par-

,/7^f5H JEL&Y*1/7\.. >sn °f Llantrisant, Glamorgan-

{/ shire; and Jane, one of the

daughters of Richard ap Evan, of Collenna, in the same parish.

He was born about the year 1646. " His parents died when

he was very young, leaving five children, of whom he was the

eldest His father had left him a considerable

estate, but the rest of the children were unprovided for ; he,
therefore, when he came of age (his sister being dead before),
portioned all his brothers, and gave them a helpful subsistence
in the world. Some years after, he was convinced of the
blessed truth as it is in Jesus2, . . . ." The mother of his
children was named Barbara. He ^^

married her in 1665. According yjvt&fea^fflfrtf+t.,
to tradition, and the statements of

some of her descendants, she was the daughter of William
Awbrey, of Pencoed. In one pedigree she is called "Barbara

of Wenvoe" ; in another genealogy Catherine, the

daughter of William Awbrey, of Pencoed, is given as the wife
of John Bevan, Senior, of Treverigg3. There can be no ques-
tion of the fact that John Bevan did marry a daughter of Wil-
liam Awbrey, of Pencoed (see his will), and if he was not mar-
ried twice, then the name Catherine is a misprint or clerical
error for Barbara, or else she was baptized Barbara Catherine.
(See Appendix.)

Barbara was religiously inclined in " her young years, and
zealously concerned to observe the ceremonies of the Church

of England But at one time when she was at

worship the Priest pronounced his excommunication against

'Prepared by Howard Williams Lloyd, Esq., who also supplied a large amount
of the data for the preceding pages, including the will of John ap Evan.

"A Collection of Memorials, etc., 1787.

1He was called Senior, to distinguish him from his grandson, John Bevan,
who inherited the estate in 1726.

Sevan Family. 171

her husband. This so affected her, coming without any previous
notice, she became more willing to search closely into the
weighty work of the salvation of her immortal soul." Shortly
afterward she became convinced, and with her husband became
a zealous Quaker.

In 1683 John Bevan, with his wife and children, removed to
Pennsylvania. Their certificate of removal is dated Treverigg,
Glamorganshire, 10th of 7th mo., 1683. It has the following
names signed to it: Watkin Thomas, John David, James
Thomas, William Thomas, Thomas Prichard, Jenkin Howell,
William Lewis, Howell Thomas, Thomas Howell and others.

Ralph Lewis, with his wife Mary and their children,

came with John Bevan from the parish of Eglwysilan. This
is close to Llantrisant. Their certificate of removal bears the
same date. John Bevan was a large purchaser of land in the
new colony ; not only for himself but as attorney or trustee
for others. These transactions are of record at Philadelphia
and West Chester. One of these was for land purchased for
his cousins, Catherine and Elizabeth Prichard, of Tylcha.
They were the daughters of Thomas Prichard or ap Richard
ap Evan, of Collenna1. Thomas Prichard had married the
heiress of Tylcha. He was a brother to Jane, mother of John
Bevan. Tylcha is an estate in the parish of Llantrisant.
Elizabeth Prichard died without issue. Katherine, in 1697,
resold to John Bevan.

Another was for land purchased for Charles Bevan,
brother to John. He had married his cousin, Florence,
daughter of Morgan ap Evan, of Gelligaled, by Mary, eldest
daughter of Richard ap Evan, of Collenna. He resided in the
parish of Llantwit Vardre. He also resold to his brother,
John, in 1698. Charles' son, Evan Bevan, " alias Jevan," as he
sometimes signed himself, was born about the year 1678. " His
father having determined to give him a liberal education, sent
him to the university of Oxford", where he made considerable

'Limbus Patrum Morg. et Glamorg.

'Joseph Foster's " Alumni Oxonienses" Jevans, Evan, son of " Chas. Jef-
feries " ? [Charles Jevanies], of Llantwitvairde Co.,;Glamorgan, gent., Christ
Church, matric. II Feb., 1695-6, aged 18.

172 Merlon in the Welsh Tract.

progress in various parts of literature. He subsequently ap-
plied himself to the study and practice of the law in Glamor-
ganshire, and served the office of deputy sheriff of that county
with reputation. But after a time he was visited in an extraor-
dinary manner with the convictions of the Holy Spirit. . . .

He was brought into deep sorrow and anguish

The Lord was pleased to bind up the bruised reed, . . .
and was made a chosen vessel, fit for the great Master's use.
He died at Pont y Moil in Monmouthshire the 17th of the
second month, 17461. He was one of the overseers to John
Bevan's will, as well as one of the witnesses.

Ralph Lewis, as has already been stated, came with John
Bevan and was a purchaser of two hundred and fifty acres
from him.

John Bevan2 was an active worker in the religious society
of which he was a member. He was a minister, and his name
appears often on committees appointed by the Meeting. In
the words of the Memorial already referred to : " He was
endued with a good understanding in things spiritual and
temporal, discreet and prudent in his ways, of an unspotted
life and conversation, grave and solid in his deportment and
careful to keep concord and unity among friends, constant and
unmoveable against that which would divide and rend, yet
laboring to restore those that were beguiled thereby."

Although owning land that was laid out to him in different
parts of the counties of Philad" and Chester, he settled on his
plantation, located south of what is now Wynnewood Station,
near to the present Philadelphia County and Haverford Town-
ship lines (see supra), upon the plantation which descended in
the direct male line to Charles Bevan, who died 1809.

He was elected a member of the Assembly as a repre-
sentative from Philadelphia County for the years 1687, 1695,

"" Memoir of Evan Bevan," in "The Friends' Library," Vol. XIII.

'In deed for 125 acres, dated Aug., 1682, to Matthew Jones, of Carmarthen'
Mercer, he is called John ab Evan, of the Parish of Llantrisant, Co. Glamorgan'
yeoman. In the one to Elizabeth and Katherine Prichard, called therein of
" Telcha" [Tylcha], 8th May, 1682, John ab Evan, of Treverigg.

Bevan Family. 173

1699 and 1700; a Justice of the Peace for Chester County on
Nov. 2d, 1689, and for Philadelphia County Nov. 6, 1685.

He made several religious visits to his native country, one
of them in the year 1694. His return is noted in a letter writ-
ten " Ye 29 day of ye 2d Mo., 1695," by Rees Thomas to his
father-in-law in Wales. Among other things, he writes : " My
unkle John Bevan came over very well and a good voyage he
had, he told me he had seen thee twise," etc.

His visit in 1698 is mentioned by Hugh Roberts in the
latter's journal. He traveled through New England in 1701.
In an account written by himself of his experience in the New
World and of his final return to Wales, he says : " We staid
there many years, and had four of our children married with
our consent, and they had several children, and the aim in-
tended by my wife, was in a good measure answered. When
a weighty concern came upon my mind to return to my native
country, and that chiefly on truth's account, I laid it before
my wife, and she could not be easy to stay behind me and we
came over in the year 1704; and through the Lord's great
mercy we were preserved in that tedious voyage, north about
Scotland through many difficulties and from the cruelties also
of the privateers, of which there were many then on that coast,
as we were afterwards informed. This wonderful preservation
deserves to be remembered with thanksgiving; having lost the
fleet, we were only four ships coming together from Virginia,
and one of them belonging to Bristol, we thought to remove
to that ship, because Bristol was nearer to our habitation in
Wales than London, whither our vessel was bound; we agreed
with the master for our passage, and next morning we were to
go on board, but that night I was under a weighty exercise
about our removal, but in the morning it happened to be so
stormy that he could not take us in, so he parted from us, and
bore his course towards Bristol ; then the weight;I was under
was removed, and I was very easy in my spirit ; and I was
afterward informed, that ship was taken near Lundy Island :
This deliverance and preservation of us, I ascribe to the Lord's
great favour and mercy towards us, thanks, honour and

174 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

praises be rendered and ascribed to him for the same and all
other mercies for ever.

In this voyage, our youngest daughter Barbara Bevan
accompanied us, and she was of good service on truth's
account, the short time she remained in the body ; her in-
nocency and sweet behaviour preached truth wherever she
came. It is my comfort and great satisfaction, that she left a
good Savour and has finished her course in peace with her
maker, and is gone to her eternal rest in the mansions of bliss
and joy, to laud and magnify him forever.

We landed at last at Shields in Northumberland, and
staid over the meeting on first day, where we were comforted
with friends ; next day we set forward toward our habitation
in Wales, having near three hundred miles to travel. We had
several good meetings in our way, and about the beginning of
the eighth month, 1704, we came to our home at Treveyricke ;
and from that time forward my dear wife was given up as be-
fore, to be serviceable on truth's account, and so continued
during her pilgrimage here, being six years and upwards.
Her house and heart since her convincement, were open to re-
ceive the Lord's messengers, both here and in America, and
she was very careful and open hearted to help the poor and
weak, both amongst us and others. In her last sickness, she
was sensible she was not like to recover out of it, and she was
satisfied and contented therein to submit to the Lord's will ;
speaking to me, she said, ' I take it as a great mercy, that I
am to go before thee, we are upwards of forty-five years mar-
ried, and our love is rather more now towards one another
than at the beginning, yet I am willing to part with all, for the
Lord is better than all.' She quietly departed this life the 26th
of the eleventh month, 17 10; aged seventy-three years, and
about four months ; and tho my loss thereby is great, yet it is
her eternal gain."

He passed away at the ripe age of eighty years. His
will, of which an abstract is here given, is remarkable for its
length. The clerk in sending the particulars of it, writes :

Be van Family. 175

" The will of John Bevan is a very long one, drawn up with
every regard to due legal form. Some seventy or eighty
folio. What makes it of such length is that the operative part
of it is spun out with every conceivable legal common form,
ringing the changes in the manner dear to the draftman's heart
in the days when he was paid by the folio. The few religious
phrases which commence the document are merely those
which headed every will made at that period. There is noth-
ing about them distinctive of the Society of Friends.''

Short Particulars of the Will of

John Bevan, of Trefeurig, in the parish of Llantri-
sant, in the County of Glamorgan, made in the first month
{March), 1J24.—5, and proved 21 October, 1726.

The Testator devised unto his grandson, John Bevan, the
capital messuage called Treveyrig and the mill on the lands
thereto adjoining.

To the children of his said grandson, John Bevan, namely:
John, Richard, Thomas and Barbara, he bequeathed £2$
apiece, " and for the better assuring, settling and sure making
of all that Plantation or Tenem* of Land with all its Rights,
Members & Appurtenances scituate, lyeing & being in the
Township of Haverford in the County of Chester in the
Province of Pennsylvania containing by Estimac'on ninety
acres more or less, And all that Plantation or Tenem' of Land
with all its Rights Members & Appurtenances scituate lyeing
and being in the Township of Merion in the County of Phila-
delphia in the Province aforesd containing by Estimac'on three
hundred acres more or less which two Plantations I gave my
son Evan Bevan1 some time before his decease."

The Plantation at Haverford to be enjoyed by Rowland
Powell according to my sons conveyance.

'In 1707 Evan Bevan paid a visit to his parents in Wales. On his return he
presented to the Monthly Meeting here a certificate dated 5th mo. loth, 1 707. It
is for Evan Bevan (son of John, of Treveyryg) " who lately come to visit his an-
cient parents, &c." The names signed to it are David John, Alice Pugh, Lewis
Richard, Evan Anthony, John How, John Bevan, Evan Jevans, Barbara Bevan,
Florence Jevans, Mary Prichard, Anne John, Alice Anthony, Margaret Pugh and
Mary Griffith. '

176 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

As to the Plantation at Merion : Half to my daughter in
Law Eleanor Bevan1 for the term of her life, with remainder to
her Son Evan in fee (or in default of issue of his body, to my
grandchildren, Aubrey Bevan or Charles Bevan, or to Bar-
bara, Ann, Catherine and Jane, their sisters). The remaining
half to my grandson Evan Bevan in fee2 or in default of issue
of his body, to Aubrey, Charles, &c.

^30 of Pennsylvania money to Aubrey and Charles.

" Executor and Residuary Legatee, my grandson John
Bevan."

Overseers, brother-in Law William Aubrey of Pencoed,
nephew Evan Bevan of Pont-y-moyle and sons in law John
Wood and Owen Roberts.

Witnesses, Evan Prichard, David Morgan, Morgan David,
Evan Bevan alias Jevans.

Extracted from the Archives of the District Probate
Registry at Llandaff in the County of Glamorgan.

The children of John and Barbara Bevan were :

Barbara, b. 7 mo. 5th, 1696, married William
Musgrove.

1. Evan Bevan married, 1 1 mo. 9, 1693, at Darby Meet-
ing, Eleanor Wood, of Darby. Children :

John, b. 11 mo. 23, 1694; heir of Treverigg.

Evan, b. 12 mo. 14, 1698. (See supra.)

Aubrey, of Chester.

Charles, of whom we have no record.

Anne.

Catherine.

Jane, b. 1 mo. 29, 1707-8.

2. Jane Bevan married 10 mo. 1st, 1687, at House of
Wm. Howell, in Haverford, John Wood, of Darby. Children :

Ann, b. 9 11, 1688.

'Letters of Administration granted to Eleanor Bevan 13 Aug., 1720, at Phila-
delphia, on estate of her husband, Evan Bevan.

"There appears to be some legal term omitted here, in the abstract. The
property was not devised in fee simple, but in tail male, making it an indefeasible
estate of inheritance, and it so remained, there being no proceedings of record for
barring the entail.

Bevan Family. 177

George, b. i 12, 1690.
William, b. II 17, 1691.
John, b. 12 14, 1693.
Barbara, b. 3 11, 1696.
Aubrey, b. 9 22, 1698.

Abraham, b. 1 2, 1702. (See Henry and Jordan
branch.)

3. Anne Bevan married 1st mo. 23, 1696-7, at Merion
Meeting, Owen Roberts, of Merion. Children :

Hugh, b. s 30, 1699.
John, b. 8 12, 1701.
Jane, b. 4 2, 1703.
Aubrey, b. 4 24, 1705.
Owen, ob. inf.
Owen, b. 8 23, 171 1.

4. Elizabeth Bevan married 4th mo. 30th, 1696, at
Merion Meeting, Joseph Richardson. Children :

Samuel. Richard.

Ellinor. William.

Aubrey. Barbara.

Edward. Elizabeth.

5. Barbara Bevan, died unmarried in Wales.

John Bevan, son of Evan and Eleanor ; had children as
follows : John Richard, Thomas and Barbara ; they removed
to Wales1.

Aubrey Bevan, third child of Evan and Eleanor, b. 1705 ; d.
1761. [Wills at West Chester, Aubrey Bevan, Feb. 20,
1761, Book D, 309]. Married, 1732, Ann Davis, of
Darby. They had :

Mary, b. 1733, at Chester; d. 1817; married

Nathaniel Forbes.
Katharine, b. at Chester ; d. there, aged one year.
Tacy, b. 1736; married Thomas Pryor, of Philad".

'There is a tomb to one Richard Bevan in Llantrisant Church, middle of 18th
century. Barbara is said to have married one Davies, and to have had Catherine,
and Rees Davies, the latter ancestor to Mr. William John, now of the town of
Llantrisant, Glamorganshire.

w. T. — 23.

178 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Davis, b. 1738, at Chester; d. 1818; married 6 mo.

(a) 12, 1760, Agnes Cowpland.
Jane, b. 1741 ; d. 1742.
Alice, b. 1743 ; d. same year,
(a) Children of Davis and Agnes Bevan :
Ann, b. 1761 ; d. 1835 ; married Cap*. Matthew

Lawlor (Mayor of Philad8, 1801).
David, b. 1763; d. 1812; married at Chester

Meeting, 6 1, 1803, Jane Shaw, widow of James

Shaw, of Chester, and daughter of Thomas and

Martha Sharpless.
Aubrey, b. 1765.
Isabella, b. 1767; d. 1822.
Tacey Anna, b. 1774; d. 1831; married George

Stacey.
Matthew Lawlor, b. 1779 ; married Deborah .

THE RICHARDSON, PENNYPACKER AND HAR-
MER1 BRANCHES OF THE BEVAN FAMILY.

Joseph Richardson, son of Samuel, the Provincial Coun-
cillor, married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Barbara Bevan.
She was born 1678 ; died 1739 (circa). He died January,
1752. They had:

EdwardRichardson, died 175 1, who married Ann Jones,
and had :

Sarah Richardson, died 8 July, 1818, aged 89 years ;
married Edward Lane, living 1754, and had :

Mary Lane, born 22 May, 1762 ; died 27 August, 1847 ;
married Isaac Anderson (born 23 November, 1760 ; died 27
October, 1838), son of Captain Patrick Anderson. Isaac An-
derson was member of Congress 1 803-1 807. They had be-
sides other issue :

Sarah Anderson, born 10 February, 1784; died 13
September, 1853; married Mathias Pennypacker, born 15
August, 1786; died 4 April, 1852, and had:

Isaac Anderson Pennypacker, born 9 July, 1812, died
13 February, 1856; married Anna Maria Whitaker, and had :

1. Hon. Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, now (1895)
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia (direct
descendant of Samuel Richardson, one of the first Justices of
the same Court).

2. Henry Clay Pennypacker.

3. Isaac Rusling Pennypacker.

4. James Lane Pennypacker.

'For an account of the Pennypacker Family, one of the oldest and most dis-
tinguished of the families of German descent in Pennsylvania, see recent work by
Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker.

180 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The Harmer Branch.

Samuel Richardson, an early settler in Philadelphia, was
a member of the Provincial Council and also a member of the
Assembly for several years ; was one of the early Justices of
the county and purchaser of the Bowman Tract of 5000 acres.
He died June 10, 1719.

His son, Joseph Richardson, married 1696, Elizabeth
Bevan, daughter of John and Barbara Bevan.

Their daughter, Eleanor Richardson, married William
Harmer.

Their daughter, Ruth Harmer, married James Ingles, or
Ingalls, of Chester County.

Their daughter, Eleanor Ingles, married, 1764, Joseph
Govett, of Philadelphia.

Theirson.WiLLiAM Govett, married, 1 795, Elizabeth An-
nesley, daughter of Joseph Annesley, of Mt. Melick, Ireland.

Their son, Robert Annesley Govett, married, 1831,
Eliza Butler, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey.

Their son, Annesley Richardson Govett, married
Elizabeth Gray Jones, daughter of William and Martha
Lloyd Jones, of Darby, Pa1.

'Deed Tripartite made 29th of 4th month, now called June, A. D. 1696, in
the eighth year of the reign of William the 3d over England and are between
Samuel Richardson, of the County of Philadelphia, merchant, and Joseph Richard-
son, son and heir apparent, of the said Samuel Richardson, of the first part, John
Bevan, of Haverford, in the Welsh Tract, Gentleman, and Elizabeth Bevan, one
of the said John Bevan's daughters— of the 2d part — and William Hudson, of
Philadelphia, in the said County Currier, and John Wood, of Darby, in the
County of Chester, Yeoman, of the 3d part — witness that whereas there is a mar-
riage intended to be had between the said Jos. Richardson and the said Elizabeth
Bevan ; and whereas, the said Samuel Richardson, is seized in this demesne as of
fee in a certain capital messuage or tenement and plantation where he now dwells,
situate in Bristol Township, in the said County of Philadelphia, together with 500
acres of land thereunto belonging. Now to the end that the said messuage of
land and plantation aforesaid with the appurtenances may be settled upon the said
Joseph Richardson and Elizabeth and their posterity as hereinafter mentioned,
the said Samuel Richardson in consideration of the said marriage and of ,£200 to
be paid by the said John Bevan as the marriage portion of the said Elizabeth and
for the mutual love and affection which the said Samuel beareth unto his said son
Joseph and for provision and maintenance of the said Joseph and Elizabeth in case
the said marriage takes effect the said Samuel Richardson doth for himself, his
heirs, executors, administrators, covenants and grants to and with the said Jos.
Richardson, William Hudson and John Wood and every of them their heirs, execu-
tors, administrators and assigns, by the presents in manner and form following

200 acres of the 500 acres aforesaid tract of land, etc., in trust for Joseph and

Bevan Family— Richardson-Pennypacker-Harmer Branches 1 8 1

Elizabeth during their lives with remainder for the use of the first son after their
death and first son's heirs ; and for the want of such issue to use and behoof all
and every son and sons of the said Jos. and Elizabeth successively, one after the
other as they shall be in Seniority of age and privity of birth, and the several and
heirs of their bodies. The elder and his heirs to be always preferred before the
younger of them and his heirs, and for default of such male issue then to the use
and behoof of all the daughters of the said Jos. and Elizabeth, and if no issue in
that event to the heirs of Samuel Richardson. The remaining 300 acres of the
500 acre tract to be vested in the other children after the death of their parents
and grandparents subject to limitations and appointments of the said Joseph.

Acknowledged in open Court at Philadelphia August 4th, 1696. Recorded
May 10th, 1697.

1696. 29 April. Deed of settlement. Samuel Richardson to Jos. Richard-
son. Recorded at Philadelphia in Exempt. Record Book No. 7, page 26.

Lowry Jones (daughter of Rees John, who emigrated from Wales in 1684),
married, 1698, Robert Lloyd, also a native of Wales ; their son, Richard Lloyd,
married, 1736, Hannah Sellers, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Smith Sellers, of
Darby, Chester County, Pa. ; their son, Isaac Lloyd, married, 1765, Ann Gibbons,
daughter of Joseph and Hannah Marshall Gibbons, of Westtown, Chester County ;
their son, Richard Lloyd, married, 1790, Mary Diehl, daughter of Nicholas and
Mary Diehl, of Tinicum, Pa. ; their daughter, Martha Lloyd, married, 1817, Wil-
liam, son of Robert Erwin and Ami Garrett Jones, of Philadelphia ; their daughter,
Elizabeth Gray Jones, married Annesley Richardson Govett (Elizabeth Jones Go-
vett, Mrs. Annesley Richardson Govett). (See Rees John William, another page.)

William Garrett, son of John Garat, married Ann Kirke, 1668, in Eng-
land, and emigrated with several children in 1684, and settled in Darby, Chester
County, buying a large tract of land; their son, William Garratt, married, 1709,
Mary Smith, daughter of John and Eleanor Dolby Smith, who emigrated in 1684 ;
their son, William Garrett, married, 1751, Ann Oborn, daughter of William and
Elizabeth Knowles Oborn, of Oxford, Philadelphia County ; their daughter Ann
Garrett, married, 1794, Robert Erwin Jones, son of William and Elizabeth Gray
Jones, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; their son, William Jones, married, 1817, Martha
Lloyd, daughter of Richard and Mary Diehl Lloyd, of Darby, Pa. ; their daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Gray Jones, married Annesley Richardson Govett, of Philadelphia.
(Elizabeth Jones Govett, Mrs. Annesley Richardson Govett.)

Richard Cook was an early settler in Radnor Township. His daughter,
Hannah Cook, married, 1 698, Henry Oborn, son of William Oborn, an early set-
tler in Chester County ; their son, William Oborn, married Elizabeth Knowles,
daughter of John and Ann Paul Knowles ; their daughter, Ann Oborn, married,
1 75 1, William Garrett (3d), son of William and Mary Smith Garrett; their daugh-
ter, Ann Garrett, married, 1794, Robert Erwin Jones, son of William and Eliza-
beth Gray Jones, of Philadelphia; their son, William Jones, married, 1817,
Martha Lloyd, daughter of Richard and Mary Diehl Lloyd, of Darby ; their
daughter, Elizabeth Gray Jones, married Annesley Richardson Govett. (Elizabeth
Jones Govett Mrs. Annesley Richardson Govett.)

George Pearce emigrated from England in 1684. He married Ann Gainor,
of Thornbury, County of Gloucestershire, 1679. He was one of the earliest and
most influential settlers in the township of Thombury, Chester County, naming
the township after the place of his wife's nativity ; their daughter, Ann Pearce, mar-
ried, 1708, James Gibbons, son of John Gibbons, an early settler in Chester County,
1681; their son, Joseph Gibbons, married, 1734, Hannah Marshall, daughter of
Abraham and Mary Hunt Marshall, of Chester County ; their daughter, Ann Gib-
bons, married, 1765, Isaac Lloyd, son of Richard and Hannah Sellers Lloyd, of
Merion; their son, Richard Lloyd, married, 1790, Mary Diehl, daughter of
Nicholas and Mary Diehl ; their daughter, Martha Lloyd, married, 1817, William
Jones, son of Robert Erwin and Ann Garrett Jones, of Philadelphia ; their daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Gray Jones, married Annesley Richardson Govett. (Elizabeth Jones
Govett, Mrs. Annesley Richardson Govett).

THE HENRY-JORDAN BRANCH OF THE BEVAN

FAMILY1.

I. Jane, daughter of John and Barbara Bevan, d. 10 mo.
12, 1703 ; married 10 mo. 1, 1687, at house of Wm. Howell,
Haverford, Pa. John, son of George Wood, of Darby, Chester
County, Pa., Justice of the Peace, 1724, 1726; member of
Assembly, 1704, 1710, 1712, 1717.

Issue.
George, b. 1 12, 1690.
William, b. 11 17, 1691.
John, b. 12 14, 1693.
Barbara, b. 3 11, 1696.
Aubrey, b. 9 22, 1698.
Abraham, b. 1 2, 1702; d. 1733.

II. Abraham, son of John and Jane Wood, born 1. 2.
1702, at Darby, Pa.; died Sept., 1733, Makefield Township,
Bucks County, Pa. ; married Ursula, daughter of Philip and
Julian Taylor, of Oxford Township, Philadelphia County; born
1 70 1 ; died Lancaster, Pa., 1778 (as widow of Joseph Rose,
Esq., her second husband).

1 Issue.

Abraham.
Elizabeth.
Anne, b. Jan. 24, 1734; d. March 8, 1799.

III. Anne, daughter of Abraham and Ursula Wood, born
January 24, 1734; died Lancaster, Pa., March 8, 1799; mar-
ried William, son of John and Elizabeth (DeVinney) Henry,
born in Chester County, Pa., May 19, 1729; died at Lancaster,
Pa., December 15, 1786.

'The author is indebted to John Woolf Jordan, Esq., of the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania, for data concerning this branch of the Bevan Family.

Sevan Family — Henry-Jordan Branch. 183

His grandparents, Robert and Mary A. Henry, natives of
Scotland, with their three sons, emigrated to Pennsylvania in
1722, and took up a tract of land in West Cain Township,
Chester County. Shortly after the death of his father, William
Henry removed to Lancaster, where he engaged in the manu-
facture of fire-arms, and furnished supplies to Indian traders.
As armorer of the troops of Generals Braddock and Forbes,
he accompanied the expeditions against Fort Duquesne. He
was commissioned Justice of the Peace, 1758, 1770 and 1777;
Associate Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, 1780; and in 1776, was elected a member of the As-
sembly; and in 1777, of the Council of Safety. As Treasurer
of Lancaster County he served from 1777 to his death in 1786;
was Armorer of the State, 1778, and Assistant Commissary
General 1778; and from 1784 to 1785, a member of the old
Congress. In 1767 he was elected a member of the American
Philosophical Society ; was one of the first members of the So-
ciety for Promoting Agriculture ; and a founder of the Juliana
Library of Lancaster. As an ingenious inventor he enjoyed a
high reputation, particularly in his applications of steam for
motive power; in 1771 he invented the screw auger. In 1756,
William Henry made the acquaintance of Benjamin West, and
became his patron. The first figure picture, which he painted
from live models, the " Death of Socrates," with several land-
scapes and numerous portraits, are in the possession of his de-
scendants. During the occupation of Philadelphia by the
British troops, Mr. Henry entertained as his guests at Lancas-
ter, David Rittenhouse, John Hart and Thomas Paine, and the
latter wrote his Fifth Crisis during this visit.

Issue.

William, b. March 12, 1757; d. April 21, 1821 ; m. Sabina
Schropp.

John Joseph, b. Nov. 4, 1758; d. April 22, 181 1; md.
Jane Chambers.

George, d. aet. six months.

Abraham, b. Nov. 10, 1762 ; d. Sept. 25, 1766.

184 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1764 ; d. Oct., 1764.

Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1765 ; d. June 1, 1798; md. Rev.
John Molther.

Mary, b. Jan'y 11, 1767 ; d. Aug. 22, 1768.

Abraham, b. March 14, 1768; d. Aug. 12, 181 1; md.
Elizabeth Martin.

Andrew, b. Dec. 8, 1769; d. March 9, 1772.

James, b. March 13, 1771 ; d. Jan'y 1, 1813.

Matthew, b. Jan'y 6, 1773 ; d. March 28, 1804.

Nathaniel, b. April 23, 1775 ; d. Jan'y 9, 1776.

Benjamin West, b. Jan'y 18, 1777; d. Dec. 26, 1806; md.
Catherine Huffnagle.

IV. William, son of William and Anne Henry, born
March 12, 1757, at Lancaster, Pa.; died at Philadelphia, April
21, 1 82 1. Associate Justice Northampton County Courts,
1788-18 14. Presidential Elector, 1792. Married, Nov. 21,
1781, Sabina, daughter of Matthew and Anna Maria Schropp,
b. November 5, 1759, at Nazareth, Pa.; died May 8, 1848, at
Bethlehem, Pa.

Issue.

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1782; d. Dec. 15, 1844; md. John
Jordan.

John Joseph, b. June 17, 1784; d. Dec. 2, 1836; md.
Mary R. Smith.

Anne, b. Sept. 29, 1786; d. Aug. 22, 1803.

Maria, b. May 6, 1788; d. April 8, 1858 ; md. Rt. Rev.
Andrew Benade.

Matthew S., b. Aug. 10, 1790; d. Jan'y 20, 1862 ; md. 1,
Anne C. Henry ; 2d, Esther Berg.

Sabina, b. Aug. 4, 1792; d. March 22, 1859; md. John
F. Wolle.

William, b. Aug. 15, 1794; d. May 22, 1878; md. 1st,
Mary B. Albright ; 2d, Sarah Atherton.

Jane, b. July 5, 1796; d. Jan'y 22, 1797.

Edward, b. July 29, 1799; d. Jan'y 22, 1800.

Sevan Family — Henry-Jordan Branch. 185

V. Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sabina Henry,
born October 15, 1782; died December 15, 1844; married
Aug. 23, 1804, John, son of Frederick and Catharine Jordan,
b. Sept. 1, 1770, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey ; died in
Philadelphia.

Issue.

William Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1806; d. Dec. 20, 1835 ; unm.

John, Jr., b. May 18, 1808; d. March 23, 1890; md.Jane
Bell.

Edward, b. Sept. 10, 1810; d. Oct. 3, 1842; d. unm.

Antoinette, b. Jan'y 10, 1813 ; m. John T. Bell.

Francis, b. June 26, 1815 ; d. August 13, 1885; md.
Emily Woolf.

VI. Francis, son of John and Elizabeth Jordan, born
June 26, 1815, in Philadelphia; died August 13, 1885, at
Ocean Beach, N. J.; married Dec. 10, 1839, Emily, daughter
of John L. and Margaret E. Woolf, born in Philadelphia Nov.
12, 1821 ; died Sept. 4, 1889.

Issue.
John Woolf, b. Sept. 14, 1840.
William Henry, b. Jan'y 27, 1842.
Francis, Jr., b. Aug. 28, 1843.
Emily, b. March 18, 1845 ; d. June 17, 1847.
Ewing, b. March 18, 1847.
Gilbert, b. August 5, 1848.
Antoinette, b. Oct. 17, 1849.
Walter, b. Oct. 23, 185 1.
Ella, b. May 25, 1853 ; d. Dec. 10, 1893.
Augustus Wolle, b. Dec. 4, 1854.
Laurence Thomson, b. May 28, 1856; d. Dec. 5, 1856.
Maria Louisa, December 28, 1857; d. Jan'y 20, 1861.
Rodman, b. March 28, i860; d. Dec. 12, 1861.
VIII. John Woolf, eldest son of Francis and Emily
Jordan, born Sept. 14, 1840; married, first, Lillie Moore.

Issue.
Edgar Francis, b. Nov. 4, 1867.
vr. t. — 2.4

1 86 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Wilfred, b. April 19, 1872; d. June 23, 1873.
John Woolf Jordan, married secondly, Anne, dau. Alfred
and Rebecca Page (born Nov. 12, 1859).

Issue.

Wilfred, b. April 3, 1884.

Helen, b. June 14, 1887.

Bevan Page Yeates, b. Feb'y 5, 1893.

SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS IN WALES

AND IN THE WELSH TRACT IN

PENNSYLVANIA.

We have spoken, in the opening chapter of this book, of
the superiority of the Welsh Colonists, as a class, in point of
birth, education and industry, over early settlers of other
nationalities on Pennsylvania soil. In behalf of the Cymric
Quakers, and in support of this statement, we have offered in
evidence the family documents, genealogies and biographical
sketches of some of these British Friends, and it is proposed
to give in this paper some information regarding their customs,
manner of living, pursuits, and their general appearance and
personal peculiarities. Those at all familiar with the social
conditions of a very large number of Penn's followers and with
emigration to other Colonies at that time, can draw here their
own conclusions after a comparison has been made.

Even the very early Cymry were not, in any sense, a bar-
barous people. Their fondness for music, for which, as a
nation, they have long been distinguished, and their taste for
letters, especially in a line which the fancy of their poetic
nature dictated, as shown in the encouragement of the Bardic
system, offset doubtless to a considerable degree whatever of
harshness or of brutality may have been acquired through
centuries of fighting ; and their fondness for home, and recog-
nition of the ties of kinship, to the ninth degree, were ever dis-
tinguished traits in the Welsh character ; second only, indeed,
to their lofty patriotism and fiery chivalry.

The ancient Cymric laws governing social life were marked,
and in many respects especially peculiar and frequently
primitive in their construction. The Welsh, to a very large
extent, have always been a race of farmers, or more properly
herders, for the stony and sterile mountainous country of many

1 88 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

parts of Wales extended, truly, but slight encouragement to
agricultural pursuits. The early Cymric land-holder had
always two places of abode. One of these, built high up on
the mountain side, was called the " Vottai," or summer resi-
dence. The other house was his " Hendre," or " Permanent
Home," erected in some spot in the low-lands which was suf-
ficiently sheltered from the winter blasts. The latter places
were always substantial stone edifices, with foundations of such
great thickness and strength that some of the walls, built,
according to the best authorities, as early as the fifth century,
are yet standing and often in good condition.

An example of such an old building, yet habitable, and
erstwhile a respectable, not to say pretentious abode, is Hen-
dre Mawr, a mansion near Bala, formerly the property of the
Vaughans, kinsmen, as we shall see, of John ap Thomas, and
of John Cadwalader and Edward Rees, of Merion. This place
was formerly reached by an old road or path, now unused,
leading into the great Roman way which anciently ran from
this neighborhood to Chester. The building is one-and-a-half
stories high, of stone, and is long and. rambling. The walls are
very thick and strong.

It is claimed by many that Hendre Mawr was built in the
fifth century, and its general style of architecture is certainly
distinctly Roman.

Even the comparative modern houses, such as Fron Goch,
Gwern y Brechdwn, and others, built about 15 50 to 1600, were
frequently erected upon the sites of much more ancient man-
sions, the material of which and sometimes parts of the old
walls were used in building the new structures. Around and
near such houses great blocks of stone, sometimes finely carved,
have been found. Near Fron Goch, the home of Robert Owen,
and of Evan Robert Lewis, grandfather to the Evans brothers,
of Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, who came here in 1698, are several
such large stones, some near the house, where they have,
doubtless, been undisturbed for several centuries. Some of the
Merionethshire and Denbighshire houses, of the sixteenth cen-
tury, frequently had scythes fastened in the chimneys to pre-

Social and Domestic Affairs. 189

vent the entrance of the bands of outlawed "gentlemen,"
abounding in Wales at that period. The Vottai were often
but wooden houses, probably of logs, with a stockade in
case of a hostile attack. There was also a kind of residence,
known as " Havod un Nos" — i. e., a house built in one night,
which appears to have been a sort of hunting lodge, or tempo-
rary summer house. It is worth noting that the Welsh peas-
antry have always believed that a house built in a single night
gives title to the ground upon which it is erected. It is curious
how such a belief could have originated.

In the early spring the wealthy farmer left his Hendre, tak-
ing with him his family, servants, his cattle and his sheep. The
sheep would be sent to the higher mountains but the cattle
would be grazed on the joint pasture lands belonging to the
different Hendres. So late as the seventeenth century very elab-
orate and particular agreements were made respecting pasture
lands, which were common property, and the number of cows
each individual would send, especially specified, together with
the number of Hendres possessed by every person.

In August the farmer would return with his cattle to his
Hendre, bringing with him the summer product of cheese and
butter, to gather his harvest. Later in the season the sheep
would be brought from the hills and secured in comfortable
quarters for the winter.

The women oversaw the dairy, the poultry, and the spin-
ning and knitting.

At the time of their removal to Pennsylvania, in 1682, the
Cymric Quakers farmed their places in much this manner, as
their ancestors had done for many hundreds of years before
them.

The Welsh laws and customs governing real and per-
sonal property were, in early times, in very many respects,
different from those observed in England, and these laws,
however antique in principle, varied somewhat at different
periods in the history of the Principality.

190 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

At first the ancient law or custom of Gavel-kind ap-
pears to have been very rigorously observed, and was con-
firmed by the code of Howel Dda.

Under this system the land of the father was, at his de-
cease, partitioned equally between all of his sons. This system
was even applied to the Principality itself, and later to the Dis-
tricts of North and South Wales, and Powys, with most dis-
astrous results. In time this system, when operated in
manors or large farms, led to the holding of very small plots
of land by the numerous descendants of the first possessor.

Another custom, practiced in some parts of Wales, was to
will to the youngest son the best house and farm, and to divide
the goods and the remaining fields equally amongst the other
children.

English customs, of course, like English fashions, if not
laws, gradually came to be followed in the Principality, so
that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it was usual to
will the entire estate to the eldest son, and entail it upon his
offspring and their heirs. It frequently happened, however,
when the property had not been entailed, that the eldest son
was either provided for at the time of his marriage, or his in-
terest paid him in gold coin upon his arrival at the age of
twenty-one years.

It often occurred that all of the sons, if their father
was rich, were provided for at their marriage by the trans-
fer of land to trustees, with revisions in case of failure in the
line of entail.

In these cases the wills either do not mention the sons so
portioned at all, or show only a bequest to such children of
very trifling sums, which should never be taken as an indica-
tion of the wealth of the testator, but only as a suggestion that
such a child had previously been amply endowed.

Before, however, the English system of inheritance had
been generally introduced, the old custom of Gavel-kind had
done its work very effectually, with the manifest result that
large tracts of country, which, as we have observed, were
originally the property of one person, were held by a number

Social and Domestic Affairs. 191

of individuals, his descendants, some of whom, perhaps, owned
very large and productive farms, whilst others were forced to
be content with little plots and tenements or stony and barren
hill fields.

The latter class of freeholders often leased additional land
from their more favored kinsmen, by the help of which they
made shift to support their families in comfort, if not in luxury.

Leases were often held, in Wales, for many generations,
and were considered valuable property. If the ground leased
lay within a barony or manor, the ancient service was payable
in the shape of rent to the Lord thereof. When the tenant's
eldest son became of age, or married, the tenant appeared be-
fore the Steward of the manor and renounced his title in favor
of his heir ; but such a procedure did not deprive him of his
right to sell or mortgage the property. The lease appears to
have carried a perpetual title, so long as the Lord's dues were
promptly remitted. The dues in such cases had anciently
been military service, or domestic duties. Such rents were
subsequently changed to payments in money, in lieu of these
services. This custom of holding lands was very similar to
the quit-rent system pursued by William Penn, and it seems
remarkable that there should even have arisen any question
but that the titles given by Penn to settlers were, and were in-
tended to be, feudal in their nature.

That the poorer gentlemen of Wales clung to their bar-
ren and worthless hill farms which had descended to them as
a part of their lordly ancestor's possessions, with a singular
and stubborn tenacity, is not at all remarkable when we under-
stand the position which they occupied. The small farmer or
grazier was really one of the heirs of his more fortunate kins-
man, and some day might, perchance, become the Lord of the
neighboring country. The freehold which he inherited, a part
of the original domain of his ancestor, was really a proof of his
heirship, and this was one of the causes which induced the
Welsh to prepare and to preserve so carefully a record of their
descent, which was especially important, because, with few ex-
ceptions, they had no fixed surname. But if these small herders

192 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

or farmers were not so rich, or so extensive land-holders as
their more lucky kinsmen, they were still their equals in blood,
in intelligence, in social standing, and in education. They were
equally proud of the noble stock from whence they sprang,
and were careful to designate themselves as " gentlemen" in
documents of that day, a term which, with them, had a very
different significance than is usually understood by it at the
present time.

The Welsh held that a well-born man might follow any
honorable trade or calling, and yet remain a gentleman; but
that a person who could not show at least nine descents in every
line to gentle blood, could not properly be so designated, no
matter what his wealth, and the base-born son of gentle birth
was esteemed of higher rank than the son of an unknown man
who had recently acquired riches.

The amusements of the Welsh were few and simple.
Games, some of them very ancient and curious, and athletic
sports occupied the young, whilst the old amused themselves
with their books or with fishing and hunting. Often, especially
on Sunday evenings, the Welsh were accustomed to gather at
each other's houses to sing and play upon their national instru-
ment, the harp, and they then, as now, held periodical musical
festivals. In the morning, it is said, the maidens would go up
to the hills to tend the flocks, returning in the evening sing-
ing, and playing on their small harps. And it is believed that
this old custom is still followed in some parts of the Princi-
pality. The introduction of the Quaker faith into Wales seems
to have suppressed, to a great extent, the musical tendencies
of our Cymric forefathers. That occasionally, however, in their
new home beyond the seas, their old ballads were remem-
bered, is yet a tradition in Merion, and more than one Welsh
Friend, it is said, was privately admonished that his tuneful in-
clinations must cease forthwith. It is pleasant, though, whilst
looking backward to the first settlement, to think that often
through the wild woodland of Colonial Merion there has
echoed the burthen of some ancient British war song, chanted
ages ago in battle against the legions of Imperial Rome.

Social and Domestic Affairs. 1 93

Upon leaving their old homes those Cymric Friends who
were freeholders often disposed of their holdings to some of
their kinsmen, but sometimes they returned to Wales in after
years for that purpose.

Their household goods were usually shipped to Pennsyl-
vania. Dr. Edward Jones, writing to John ap Thomas, recom-
mends that such goods be packed in cases, where possible, to
prevent mould and damage. The furniture of their houses was
simple but massive, and some of it exceedingly old. The ear-
liest inventories of Welsh estates in Pennsylvania show a com-
fortable if not luxurious manner of living. Napkins and table-
cloths, then so rare, are of a common occurrence. Old John
Humphrey, who was a widower for many years, and lived be-
tween Haverford and Bryn Mawr, on the north side of where
the Pennsylvania Railroad now is, and who died in 1700, had
a fine linen napkin for each day in the week — seven, and two
linen table-cloths for each week.

Everything, then, was of the finest linen, and very valuable
it was too, often an heir- loom to be handed down to posterity.
Speaking of heir-looms, it was not uncommon for a Merion
planter to leave one of his daughters " my best copper pot,"
as a token of affection. Such a bequest in these days of
extravagance and elegance seems on first sight truly absurd, but
when we look into these inventories and find that even as late
as 1720, in Merion, a large copper pot or kettle was worth as
much as a negro slave, namely ^30, or $150, say nearly #500
of our money, the gift appears in an altogether different light.

The furniture at that day used in Merion was frequently
of oak, probably antique pieces. Some articles of black walnut
have also been found. Mention is often made of arm-chairs,
rocking-chairs and rush-bottomed parlor chairs. Mahogany
dressing or shaving cases, mahogany and oak dining-tables,
kitchen or servants' tables, and " best beds," and feather beds,
are continually named.

Silverware is rare. John Roberts, of Pencoyd, who died
in Revolutionary times, seems to have possessed a large
amount of plate, as did some others then ; but in early days

W. T. — 25.

194 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

pewter-ware is largely in evidence. In only one or two in-
stances, in the many inventories examined in the preparation
of this work, is any mention made of any provision for lights.
The exceptions noted were mentions of silver and iron candle-
sticks for the wall.

Some of the Welsh were very gay in their tastes.

Edward Williams, who lived where " Overbrook Farms "
now are, speaks in his will of a side saddle of blue plush and
bridle belonging to his white mare. One can well imagine that
Mistress Williams cut quite a figure when attending the Merion
Meeting in such style, hardly excusable in a Friend of that day,
it might be supposed. Pictures are never found, but gilt-framed
mirrors are often mentioned in appraisements as much prized
luxuries.

There being no banks in the Province in those early days,
we find considerable amounts of cash kept in the various
houses, and, from the old inventories, we can frequently form
a pretty fair estimate of the credit of the late deceased planter.
When Edward Rees, or Price, of Merion, died, he had #1,500
in hard cash in his house. Other Welshmen had amounts
ranging from £20 upwards ; and all appear to have had goodly
sums due them, and often money out at interest, usually secured
by bonds.

There were few Welshmen, especially in Merion, who
could not boast of a library. Their books were mostly either
religious or historical in character, with many Bibles, and
some few works in Latin, and now and then something in
Welsh. Edward Rees possessed several Bibles in Welsh and
English, and also a " Concordance." The Merion Meeting, in
conjunction with those of Radnor and Haverford, early took
in hand the formation of a circulating library, but of the books
issued to members nearly all were upon theology. In 1699
John Humphrey left a sum of money to print the " Twelve
Patriarchs," in Welsh, " if convenience be had " in these parts,
but that this was never done appears from a subsequent
memorandum in the minutes concerning the bequest. A very
old and valuable work, formerly a part of the library of John

Social and Domestic Affairs. 195

Humphrey, and afterwards bequeathed by him to Rowland
Ellis, is now in the possession of the Friends' Library on Six-
teenth Street, Philadelphia. It is a large folio edition of Percy
Endibie's History of the Ancient Britains, and has written in
it the names of Rowland Ellis, Rowland Ellis, Jr., Herbert
Rees, Eleanor Ellis and others. Most of the Welsh colonists,
as we have observed, wrote excellent hands at a time when
most people were satisfied to make their mark.

If the Cymry erected substantial buildings in their native
country, they certainly were careful to do so in Merion. We
have seen that their first shelter was in caves dug in the banks
of streams, or temporary log huts. Such makeshifts were soon
abandoned for more substantial log houses, which were later
supplanted by stone structures.

The dwellings of John Roberts, of Pencoyd, commenced
in 1684 ; of Rowland Ellis, at Biyn Mawr (Harriton) ; that
built by Edward Rees, 1693 ; by Robert Owen, 1695 ; the
houses of John Roberts (Wayne Mill) and Rees Thomas
(now Rosemont), and the mansion erected by Jonathan
Wynne in 1700 or 1701 (now near the Merion line), are still
standing, and mentioned elsewhere in these pages.

Ploughs were very early in use in Merion, and " iron
dogs" were used to pull out stumps. Pennsylvania axes were
esteemed better than those forged in England, so early as 1682.

It has been asserted that at first all building materials,
especially bricks, were hauled to Merion from the river in
panniers placed upon the backs of horses or mules, and it
is therefore contended that the Schuylkill River was, so late
as the commencement of the eighteenth century, navigable
for barges or flat-boats, so high up as where Manayunk now
stands. It is argued that there being no carts in use, the
boats were used to transport bricks and other building mater-
ials, and that the same was afterwards carried in panniers, as
above, to the houses in course of erection. Without going
into an extended argument upon the subject, or submitting in
this brief sketch the historical documents extant which show
clearly that the Schuylkill was never continuously navigated

196 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

further than below the Falls by any vessel of greater draught
than a birch-bark canoe, it may be authoritatively stated that
there remains of record certain proposals for facilitating the
navigation of the river, made by an engineer during Penn's
government of the Province, and also sundry petitions regard-
ing the Schuylkill fisheries, all of which show that a series of
steep rapids and shallows existed, at that time, between the
present Manayunk and a point not far above where the Fair-
mount water-works are now situate.

During the past summer the writer made an accurate
survey of the Schuylkill River from a point about a mile above
Pencoyd to Race Street, Philadelphia, taking note of the
various elevations, and the formation and fall of the river bed.
From these notes it is very evident that, even presuming, in
1682, an average depth of ten feet of water over the present
flow, which, allowing for all shrinkage on account of depletion
of forests and underbrush, etc., is quite improbable — allowing
this, we say — no vessel or boat other than a light canoe or
skiff could possibly have proceeded downward over the rapids
or old Falls, without being dashed to atoms on the rocks, nor
could a large vessel be towed up the stream on pccount of the
force of the current. That all building material imported was
hauled in ox-carts from Philadelphia cannot be questioned ; but
it is remarkable that there was but very little brick used in
Merion in Colonial days, and what little was consumed was prin-
cipally of domestic manufacture. The building stone used in
the construction of those specimens of Colonial architecture
still standing is shown to have been quarried in the immediate
neighborhood of the dwellings to be erected. The timber used
was from the primeval woodland on the builder's plantation.

We have spoken of log houses as the temporary homes
of the colonists. Some of these are yet standing, and others
were torn down within the recollection of persons yet living.
One of these relics, in a good state of preservation, is yet to be
seen at " Harriton," formerly Bryn Mawr, the plantation of
Rowland Ellis. It stands a few hundred feet back from the
last house erected, and was afterwards used by the Harrisons

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for their slave quarters. This may have been the first house
erected here by Thomas Owen, who acted as an advance agent
of Ellis in the matter of taking up and clearing the land.

The log house erected by Katherine Robert, widow of
John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, of whom we shall have occasion
to speak at length, stood, until recently, upon land still held
by her descendants, the Jones family, a short distance above
Bala, on the Schuylkill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The second house erected by her, a small stone
building, is still extant. Just a little north of Harriton there
stood until very lately a log building said to have been erected
by Robert Lloyd, and two others occur to the writer as yet
existing. One of these is near the old Llewelyn property,
not far from Merion Square, and the other on land formerly
belonging to John Roberts, of Wayne Mill, on the Mill Creek
Road, north of Ardmore. The latter house was lately weather-
boarded by the Croft estate, to whom it now belongs.

The Cymric Friends brought many servants with them
from Wales. These so-called " servants " were not in all cases
menials, but were often experienced husbandmen and farm
laborers. The inducements tendered to them of a free passage
for themselves and families, together with the farms which they
were entitled to under the acts of Concession of Penn, led
many poor but worthy persons to sell their services to pros-
pective planters for a term of years. Occasionally these per-
sons were related to their masters, and often on intimate terms
with them.

As their term of servitude expired this class of settlers
became planters upon their own account, and many of their
descendants became in after time distinguished citizens. They
did not always settle upon the head lands due to them, but
frequently disposed of the same at a good price, and purchased
property elsewhere. As the time of such servants expired the
planters were forced to look elsewhere for help, and thus negro
slavery was early introduced into Merion. A prime negro boy
brought £30 in 1725, but a handy workman commanded a
little better figure. Good cooks, then as now, were expensive,

198 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

and few could be bought at the public block for less than £$0,
but a lusty field laborer was not worth over ^20. Dusky
wenches as maid servants were in constant demand, and
towards the middle of the eighteenth century brought ^60
and upwards, in the open market. Friends at this time do
not appear to have regarded the holding of slaves as a thing
opposed to divine laws, but they were merciful and just in
their treatment of their human chattels. The writer has heard
it related that many Indians were held in bondage by the set-
tlers, especially in the extreme boundaries of Radnor and
Haverford, and it is said that these Indians were members of
the great Lenape Tribe, that famous nation of warriors who
once, here, were lords of the soil. How far this tale is true,
or, if true, how such a state of affairs happened, cannot now
be determined.

The Welsh had three meals a day, and their dinner hour
was at noon. They were fond of such dishes as mutton, or
kid, seethed in milk, boiled venison, barley cakes, broth, and
bread made of pounded Indian corn. Milk was a necessity to
them, and cheese a national delicacy. Two tables were usually
set, among the better classes, one in the living room for the
family, the other in the kitchen or, during the summer, out of
doors, for the farm help. We have mentioned that table linen
and napkins were considered essential, and forks, but lately in-
troduced into England, were in common use in the Welsh Tract.
In personal appearance the Welsh settlers of Merion and
adjacent townships were usually of medium inches, rather
thick-set than otherwise, but withal of light bones and slender
frame, a conformation which gave them small hands, finely
arched and therefore elastic feet; producing an easy and
graceful carriage of the body. They were mostly, it is said,
of a ruddy or sanguine complexion, having light or auburn
hair and sharp or well defined and finely chiseled features,
made more prominent, doubtless, by their clean-shaven faces
and closely trimmed hair. Few amongst them, we are told,
were very dark. It has been remarked that their eyes were
frequently dark hazel or deep blue in color, and that they en-

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gaged you with a frank, kindly and gentle expression from
under their half-closed lids, but that in moments of great ex-
citement, when the hot Cymric fighting blood overcame, for a
moment, the placid Quaker, they flashed in a way that made
beholders wink. The women were extremely handsome, a
birthright derived from their British ancestresses, of whom it
is related by the Bards that they were " more beautiful to be-
hold than the bright sun after a summer shower." Judging
from their fair descendants of the present generation, we
should accept this statement without further question.

Our Cymric ancestors were not, in appearance, such
soberly dressed Friends as are pictured by the painter West
or described by many writers. On the contrary, they were in-
clined to be gay and fashionably attired. We find, from books
of account of Philadelphia tradesmen, that they purchased all
of their wearing apparel from the leading dealers in Philadel-
phia, in order that they might be sure of obtaining the very
latest styles from London. One of the largest and most en-
terprising of Philadelphia merchants of that day was Thomas
Coates, who appears to have been a great favorite with the
Welsh. His account books, which his descendant, Henry T.
Coates, Esq., of Philadelphia, has kindly placed at the disposal
of the author, show numerous charges for various kinds of
merchandise, against the inhabitants of the Barony. Among
these articles, and those enumerated in other accounts, are fine
beaver hats, silk gowns, silk gloves, Irish linens, silver-mounted
canes and riding whips, guns, ginghams of divers hues, silk hose
and handkerchiefs, bonnets and shawls, embroidered waist-
coats, heavy riding coats and clothes with silver buttons. Such
was the apparel worn by Merion Friends. The writer has
been asked if the early Welsh were temperate. It may be said
that as a race they were, but that they did not advocate
prohibition is very evident. Turning again to these old
account books we find that the Welsh people consumed
large amounts of brandy, gin, wines and spirits. They drank
more brandy than any other liquor.

200 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The amounts of powder and shot bought in Philadelphia
by the Welsh suggests that they must have been indeed
" mighty hunters before the Lord." The purchase of much
writing paper would indicate a considerable correspondence,
whilst buckskin breeches and plush coats of violent tints would
show that on meeting days the meeting-house must have pre-
sented a very gay picture. Quantities of cambric and great
silk handkerchiefs, mirrors, fine bonnets and hair-pins, with
now and then a new silk dress and a pair or so of gloves, im-
press us with the fact that our great-great-grandmothers did
not permit themselves to be forgotten upon market days.

There seems but little else of importance to relate regard-
ing the life of the first Welsh settlers in the Province of Penn-
sylvania. With but little change, as the years rolled on, they
continued to live and to die as their fathers had done before
them, and as they prayed their children might also do, until
the tidal wave of the Revolution rolled to their doors. Con-
cerning this period of the history of Merion we are for the pre-
sent silent, for of those gallant troops who went forth from
Merion as volunteers in Washington's army, some of whom
became food for powder, or of the stirring scenes enacted
during the war for Independence, within the limits of the Great
Welsh Tract, this book has naught to do.

You can imagine for yourselves how the various house-
hold and social duties were regularly performed in the very
early days of which we have spoken.

You can see the milkmaids going to and returning from
the pasture lands in the morning and evening, the butter-
churning, the cheese-making, and the industrious weaving and
spinning. It is not difficult either to bring to mind the merry
wedding feasts after the return of the newly wedded couple from
the meeting-house, or the boisterous frolic that invariably fol-
lowed upon such an occasion. Nor is it difficult to picture, of a
winter's eve, the staid Welsh Friend, with spectacles perched on
nose, reading aloud to his family from the Welsh Bible, brought
out from dear old Cymru, whilst the great hickory logs sput-
ter merrily in the open fire-place, and the homely tallow dips

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flicker a doubtful and unsteady light from their shining sockets.
Without, the whirling snow is falling, silently but steadily, wrap-
ping all of Merion in a silver brightness, whilst the howl of the
gray wolf echoes dismally through the timber. Soon the book
will be laid aside and the spectacles wiped and put by. The
candles will be extinguished and the fires covered up. Slum-
ber will descend on this Colonial Cymric household, and their
sleep will be the sleep of the just and fearless.

The Welsh rested not with loaded match-lock and drawn
rapier within easy grasp. No shivering sentry with muffled
tramp across the snow, kept watch beyond a loop-holed door.
No fear had they of a dread awakening ; of a midnight fight
against painted demons by the flare of their fired barns. In a
country but thinly settled, with a great unbroken wilderness
stretching to the west and to northward, the hunting grounds
of roving tribes whose trade was death, the Welsh settlers re-
mained undisturbed. Why were they so secure? Because the
Province of Pennsylvania was builded upon a rock, and that
rock was the policy of truth and justice, a policy preached by
the ancient British Druids and cherished by our Cymric ances-
tors ! Because the Quaker, be he Welsh, English or German,
could keep his word, even with a naked Indian, and the savage
knew it.

A writer has recently stated that the Colonial history of
Pennsylvania was devoid of stirring events, and that it lacked
the interest and activity which the Indian wars give to the
story of early New England. This is true, and we should be
ever thankful that it is so, and that the foundations of our state
were not raised upon slaughter and cemented in blood. It is
singularly pleasing to reflect that the beautiful country in-
cluded in the Welsh Barony was never in Colonial days the
theatre of strife ; that the Indians never raised their war-whoop
here; that no settler's hand was ever raised, in the Welsh Tract,
against a brother's life.

As an addendum to this sketch and as an illustration of the
very considerable education possessed by the early Welsh, we
insert here the exhortation of Edward Foulke, Senior, to his
w. t. — 26.

202 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

children. Although a Gwynedd settler, he was closely related
by blood to the Merion planters :

My dear Children, there has been for a considerable time
something on my mind to say to you by way of advice before
I return to Dust and resign my Soul to Him who gave it,
though I found some difficulty in delivering my thoughts in
writing, my first admonition to you is that you fear the Lord
and depart from evil all the days of your life. Secondly as
your Brothers and Sisters I beseech you to love one another
and your neibours too, if any of your neibours injure you in
word or deed bear it with patience and humility. It is more
pleasing in the sight of God and good Men to forgive injuries
than it is to revenge them, Rather praying for them than wish
them any Evil, Least that the text in Scripture which requires
an Eye for Eye and a tooth for a tooth come in your minds
when you leave this world and you be found wanting ; with-
out doubt he that is thoughtless and negligent all his days
about the welfare of his Soul will some day or another in the
midst of his extremity Call on the rocks and Mountains to se-
cure him from the Vengeance of an Offended God. My dear
Children accustom not yourselves to loose vain talking which
the Scriptures declare against. It has been hurtful to me in
my youth and Stopt me in Virtue. The Temptations of the
world are very powerful as Job said by experience : Be watch-
ful over your Evening conversation, Let pious thoughts pos-
sess your Souls the moment before you close your Eyes to
sleep. And if you do that it will be easier for you to find
yourselves in the morning in a meek humble posture before
God who preserves you from evil which will create peace and
Calmness of mind with a Blessing on your outward affairs as
we read of Isaac whose pious Meditation in the field was re-
warded with Outward and an inward Blessing. I Desire you
not to reject the least appearance of good which may Arise in
your minds as if it was what could be Obtained at pleasure
give speedy obedience to God who begot that divine emotion
in your hearts, for a man's abode in this world is very doubt-
ful, it often happens that Death comes without Warning yet
we must go wheather ready or not, where the tree falls there it
must lie — I know a man in the Land of my Nativity that went
to Bed with his Wife at Night and died before morning un-
known to her, Such things are designed I believe as a warn-
ing to us that we arm ourselves against the terrors of such a
Day, and as of such as Die after that manner, We have little

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to say save they died and were buried. Placing the rest
amongst the Mysteries of the Almighty hence let us view our
own weakness and Judge one another with Charity — .

My dear Children that you knew the sorrow I feel now
in my Old age for want of being more careful and circumspect
in my youth, Altho : I did nothing that brought shame on
myself or grief on my Parents yet there was among the loose
and inconsiderate youth too many things which they called
Innocent without considering all the while that they were
building on the sand, And I was often drawn to vain mirth
with them : there is a vast difference between the two sentences
delivered to those who builded on the Rock and they who
built on the sand. Our Saviour said of the latter their fall
should be great : Let me intreat of you Dear Children assume
not the appearance of Religion without a real possession of it
in your hearts, Our dear Saviour compared such to a Sepulchre
whited without but within full of dead Mens Bones. Yet I
have better hopes of you : I mention this, I have known at
times something pressing me to read good books or to go in
private to Pray which I neglected and taked my Liberty in
other ways, then Indifference and hardness would prevail
which deprived me for a considerable time of those good In-
clinations, I have also to tell you of my own Experience con-
cerning attending week day meetings whenever I suffered
trifHing Occasions of my outward affairs & business, if not
urgent and interrupt my going. A cool reflection and serious
view made me look upon it as a loss or an Injury done to the
better part of myself, and generally the business done that day
did not answer my expectations of it in the morning. One
thing more comes into my mind by searching of myself which
is that it had been better for me if I had been more careful in
my sitting with my Family at meals with a sober Countenance
because Children and Servants have their Eyes and observa-
tion on those who have the command and Government of
them. It has been a mighty influence on the life and manners
of Youth, So my Dear Children Perhaps some of you may get
some advantage by this, If you consider with attention this in-
nocent Simplicity of Life and manners I have been speaking
of you need not fear but God will protect you in safety from
the Snares of the Devil and the Storms of this Inconstant
World, By diligence also you shall Obtain victory over the
deceitfulness of Riches. I fear there are too many of this age
who suffer themselves to be carried away with the torrent of

204 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Corruption, And not only Such as content themselves as it
were in the outward Porch, but also such as made greater pre-
tences than those, even they who were looked upon as pillers
in the work have, I fear, turned their backs upon it : I lay
these things close to you that you may be careful and diligent
whilst you have time left, least by degrees Indifference creep
upon you under the disguise of an easy mind, and forget it, as
he only that holds out to the end shall be saved.

And as for your Father and Mother, Our time is almost
come to a period, we have lived together above fifty years and
now in Our old Age the Lord is as good and Gracious as ever
he was, he gives us a Comfortable living now in the close of
our Days. We have fresh Occasion to acknowledge his
Benevolence and abounding goodness to us. Now I think I
can with peace of mind Conclude with hopes that your prayers
for us in the most needful time Especially on a Dying Pillow
and our time in this World come to an end that we may have
a gentle passage to Eternal rest.

I conclude in the words of the prophet Jermiah the 31st.
and 2 1 st. set thee up way marks make thee high hopes. Set
thine heart toward the high way Even the way thou wouldst
Turn again, Oh Virgin of Israel.

Edward Foulke Sr. was born in Wales 165 1 — died in
Gwynedd, 1741. His pedigree appears on another page.

The above Exhortation was written in British and trans-
lated by his grandson, Samuel Foulke, in 1702.

BRYN MAWR AND ROWLAND ELLIS.

" The peasant finds'in thee a home,
The rustic shed beside thee stands ;
Thy ancient dwellers, like the foam
That sinks beneath the ocean sands,
Have perished, and have left no trace
Of what they would have been, or were ;
Forgotten in their natal place
Their virtues, and their lineage fair."

It is generally supposed that " Bryn Mawr," so well
known as the name ot a station on the main line of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, was chosen at hap-
ffijfM&wA'gflfoP hazard. because it had a pleasing
sound, and, above all, was Welsh.
No place in Pennsylvania, however, could be more appro-
priately designated. It was selected because it had been the
name originally given by Rowland Ellis to his plantation of
some six hundred acres, afterward called " Harriton," in this
immediate vicinity, and so called by him after his Welsh home.
Along the rolling side of a steep ascent, less than a mile out
on the winding road leading southward from the old market
town of Dolgelly, in Merionethshire, basks on the sunlit,
craggy hills that ancient messuage, tenement and field, called
since the days of Cadwgan, the renowned Britain, and Heaven
only knows for how many hundreds of years before, " Tythyn
Bryn Mawr." The sleepy little pointed-stone house, perched
on the site of the hendre of an early Welsh Prince) amid its
deserted garden, broken down stone walls and dilapidated out-
buildings, now the abode of a poor mountaineer, was the birth-
place of Rowland Ellis, and was built by his grandfather,
Rees Lewis. The property seems to have been lately re-
paired; a new roof has been put on and the quaint old
diamond-pane windows replaced by modern sashes. There
was also formerly, it is thought, a portico over the doorway.
The walls remain untouched, and the interior is unchanged.

206 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

A Pennsylvanian who visited Bryn Mawr a few years
since says that it is "a comfortable stone house ; the floors are
of stone ; and it was built by Rees Lewis, grandfather of Row-
land Ellis, A. D. 1617, as an inscription on one of the rafters
tells. To the right of the house are the remains of an ancient
garden which has seen better days. Its walls are gone, but
there are traces of old paths, while ancient box and venerable
yew-trees tell of what has been." The title papers to this
property are now in possession of Edward Griffith, Esq., of
Springfield, near Dolgelly, a descendant of Ann, eldest daugh-
ter of Rowland Ellis by his first wife. Amongst these old
documents is the original marriage contract and settlement
made upon the marriage of Ellis Price and Ann Humphrey,
the parents of Rowland Ellis, in 1649. The parties to this
settlement were : Humphrey (Humffrey) ap Hugh, of Llwyn-
gwril, gentleman, father of Anne Humphrey, Rees* Lewis ap
John Griffith, of Dyffrydan, gentleman, father of Ellis Price,
who was his second son, and Richard Nanney, of Llwyn-
gwril, and David Ellis, of Gwanas, gentlemen, who were to
act as trustees. Richard Nanney was cousin to Ann, his father,
the Rector of Llangelynin, having married one of the daughters
of Hugh Gwyn, of Peniarth. David Ellis was brother-in-law
to Rees Lewis, the latter having married his sister Catherine.

Mr. Griffith very kindly permitted me to photograph this
ancient document, which is on parchment and exceedingly dif-
ficult to decipher. What is here given of it was made out only
by the use of a very powerful glass, and at the expense of a
very severe strain upon the writer's eyes. The time occupied
in making the copy was, altogether, about forty-eight hours.
It has been thought best to give at first here an account of the
various papers extant concerning Rowland Ellis and his an-
cestry, because they are parts of the proofs of descent of the
allied Pennsylvania families of Ellis, Evans, Humphrey, Owen
(through Rebecca, wife of Robert Owen), and others. The
marriage settlement in question is as follows, the lines omitted
being legal repetitions or indecipherable words :

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Bryn Mawr and Rowlartd Ellis. 207

k& ^tf denture, made the furst day of January in the
yeare of Our Lord God, according to the computation of the
Church of England, One thousand, Sixe hundreth, forty and
nien. ^etween Rees Lewis ap John Gruffith, of Dyffrydan in
the County of Merionethshire, gentleman, of the first Pty.,
Humffrey ap Hugh, of Llwyngwril in the sayd Com. of Mer-
ioneth, gentleman, of the second Pty., and Richard Nanney,
of Llwyngwril in the Sayd County, gentleman, and David
Ellis, of Gwanas in the Sayd County of Merioneth, gentleman,
of the third Pty., $$itne$xeth — That yt is covenanted granted
and fully agreed upon by and between the Sayd Partys to
these Presents — And first the Sayd Rees Lewis for himself
his heyrs, Executors and Administrators and for any of them
doth covenant promise and agree to and with the sayd Hum-
ffrey ap Hugh, his heyres, Executors and Administrators

and any of them doth covenant promise and agree

that Ellis Rees, the Second Sonne of the sayd Rees Lewis,
Shall and will before or one this side the feast day of the
purification of our blessed Virgin Mary next ensuing, the date
hereof, espouse, mary and take to wife, Anne Humffrey, one
of the daughters of the sayd Humffrey ap Hugh, if the sayd
Anne doth thereunto consent and agree, and the laws of God
and the Holy Trinity doe Permit and suffer the same and Like-
wise the sayd Humffrey ap Hugh for himself his hyres,
executors and administrators, or any of them doeth covenant
promise and agree with the sayd Rees Lewis his heyres, Ex-
ecutors & Administrators, and with each of them by these
presents That the Sayd Anne Humffrey shall and will on this
side of the sayd feast of the Purification, espouse, mary and take
to Husband the sayd Ellis Price yf the Sayd Ellis doeth there-
unto consent and agree and the Laws of God and the Holy
Trinity doe Permit and Suffer the same.

Yn Consideration of wch marriage for to be hadd atod
Solemnized and performed — The Sayd Rees Lewis doeth for
himself his heyres executors and administrators, Covenant
promise and agree, with the Sayd Humffrey ap Hugh, his ex-
ecutors and Administrators and wth any of them by these Pres-
ents— that they the Sayd Rees Lewis and Ellis Price shall and
will from tyme to tyme and att all tymes hereafter when and
as often as either of them shall reasonably and lawfully be re-
quired by the sayd Humphrey ap Hugh, his heyres Execu-
tors and Administrators, att the proper costs and charges of
the law of the sayd Humffrey ap Hugh, his heyres Executors

208 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

and Administrators or some of them, Do make Sale and de-
liver execute and acknowledge, permitt, suffer to be done and
acknowledged and executed unto the sayd Richard Nanney
or David Ellis, or to such other Person or persons as the sayd
Humffrey ap Hugh, his heyres, executors, or administrators,
or any of them, shall in that behalf [Select] .... [in
trust] All those severale messuage, land Tenement heredit-
ment of the sayd Rees Lewis, commonly called and known
bo the several and special name and names of Tythyn y Bryn
Mawr and Llwyn y Cai Dy, with their rights — and appurten-
ances, situate lyeing and being in the sayd Township of
Dyffrydan and Comt. of Merioneth aforesaid. . . . And
yt is fully and absolutely covenanted determined and agreed

That all and singular Tythyn

Bryn Mawr and Llwyn y Cai Dy, whereupon the bawne called

[Yfyndom ?] the same now are or lately were

in the tenure occupation and possession of the Sayd Rees

Lewis to the use and behoof of the Sayd Ellis

Price, for and during the tearme of his natural life ....
and from and after his decease, then to the use and behoof of
the sayd Anne Humffrey for and during the tearme of her
natural life, for and in the name of the Said Anne for and dur-
ing the tearme of her n'rall life for and in the name [Then re-
serving certain uses to Rees Lewis, to the eldest of the Sayd
Ellis Price, and to his eldest son, in tail male, or in default of
said issue, then to the Second Son of the Said Ellis Price, by
the Said Anne, and so on, until upon exhaustion of the male
line, or if there is no male issue of the Said Ellis Price and
Ann Humffrey, then to the first daughter, and to her eldest
Son, and So on in regular Succession] and in default of such
yssue Thyn to the use and behoof of one Rowland Price,
thryd sonne of the Sayd Rees Lewis and the hyers of hys
body Lawfully yssuing, and in default of such yssue, thyn to
the use and behyoff of Griffith ap Rees the fowrth Sonne of
the Sayd Rees Lewis and of the hyres of hys body lawefully
yssuing and in default of such issue Then to the use and be-
hyoffe of the right heyres of the Sayd Rees Lewis aforesd.
[It is further provided] That yf it happin the Sayd Anne
Humffrey to dye or [depte] out of thys world before the
furst day of May wch Shall in the yeare of our Lord God
according to the Said computation one thousand Sixe hun-
dreth fieftie and fower without any yssue of her body by the
body of the Sayd Ellis Price lawefully begotten, then Living,

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 209

or yt the Sayd Anne Shall happen to dye or Depte out of this
world before the Sayd furst Day of May wch Shall be the
Sayd yeare of our Lord God according to the Sayd computa-
tion One thousand Six hundred fieftie and without

lawful issue (or if such issue die before then) (then) the sayd
moety or one half of the Sayd Severall messuage lande and

tenement Tythyn y bryn Mawr and Llwyn y Cae Dy

[Shall by the deed of the said Richard Nanney and David
Ellis, Trustees, go to the] use and behoof of the Sayd Hum-
ffrey ap Hugh, his executor administrators and Assigns, untill
and unles the Sayd Rees Lewis or Ellis Price their heyres or
assigns doe well and truly pay or cause to be payd unto the
Sayd Humffrey ap Hugh hys executors, Administrators or
Assigns the full and lawful Sumn of one hundreth pounds of
good and Lawefull money of England in one whole Sume and
entyier paymt in all or upon the furst day of May next en-
suinge such Decease of the Sayd Anne Humphrey, without
ysue living as aforesayd or the Decease of such ysue, as afore-
sayd, att or within [the] Church poarch of the P'ish Church
of Llanglynin betweene the houeres of Nien of the clocke in
the mornige and Three of the clocke in the afternoone of any
of the Sayd Dayes [The final clause contains agreement of re-
vision to Rees Lewis' heirs].

The witnesses to this document were : John ap William
ap Humffrey, David John Hugh, Griffith ap Rees Lewis, Ed-
ward Vaughan and John ap Hugh. Rowland Ellis, born in
1650, was the only child of Ellis Price (alias ap Rees) and Ann
Humphrey, and therefore inherited Bryn Mawr under this set-
tlement, and continued to live there until his permanent re-
moval to Pennsylvania in 1696; when he sold the place to
Lewis Owen, of Tyddyn y Garreg, his kinsman, to whom he
was indebted.

The deed made by Rowland Ellis at this time for the
property is in the possession of Mr. Griffith, who also has the
marriage settlement made by Rowland Ellis in 1696 on the
marriage of his daughter, Ann, to Rev. Richard Johnston, an
Episcopal Clergyman, of whom we shall have occasion to
speak more particularly further on.

The descendants of Rowland Ellis in Pennsylvania pos-
sess several original papers which are of very considerable in-

w. t. — 27.

210 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

terest. One of these, now in the hands of Rowland Evans,
Esquire, of Haverford, Lower Merion, who is descended in the
direct male line from Eleanor Ellis, daughter of Rowland, and
the wife of John Evans, of Gwynedd, is the original manuscript
pedigree of Rowland Ellis in his (Rowland Ellis's) own hand-
writing. This was certainly compiled prior to 1697, because
the name of his daughter Catherine, born in that year, is not,
apparently, in his hand, but has been added by another person.
It is therefore fair to presume that the pedigree was made in
Wales just prior to his last voyage to Pennsylvania. A fac-
simile of the old document is given as an illustration to this
article, and also, as the genealogy is in the form of a chart, so
much of it as is necessary for explanation is, for convenience,
printed here much after the style of the old Welsh Heralds1 :

Rowland (Ellis) [of Bryn Mawr in Merionethshire, Wales,
born 1650.] He was Son of Ellis ap Rees ap Lewis ap
Sion2 ap Gruffydd ap Howell. The mother of Rowland Ellis
was Ann verch Humphry ap Hugh ap David ap Howell ap
Gronw. The mother of Anne verch Humphry was Eliza-
beth verch John. The mother of Elizabeth verch John, was
Sibil verch Hugh Gwyn of Penarth. The mother of Sibill
verch Hugh was Jane verch Sir Hugh Owen.3 The mother of
Humphry ap Hugh was Catherine verch Sion, ap Rhydderch
Abergynolwyn. The mother of Hugh ap David, ap Howell,
was Mary verch Hugh Sion Bedo. The mother of Ellis ap
Rees, ap Lewis, was Catherine verch Elissa, ap Davidd ap
Owen ap Thomas ap Howell ap Mrhedydd ap Gruffydd Der-
was. The mother of Catherine verch Elissa ap Davidd was Mary
verch Sion, ap David ap Gruffydd. The mother of Rees ap
Lewis was Ellin verch Howell Gruffydd. The mother of Lewis
ap John Gruffydd was Elsbeth verch Dd Llwydd. Rowland
Ellis married first Margaret daughter of Ellis Morris, de-
scended from Gruffydd Derwas, and had issue: Anne, and
Jane. He married secondly his cousin, Margaret, daughter of
Robert ap Owen ap Lewis ap Sion ap Gruffydd ap Howell.

"All of the lines given by Rowland Ellis are not here run out. The spelling
follows the original. See original MS.

'Sion is the Welsh way of writing John. Rowland Ellis used both forms in-
differently. As stated before, these Welsh names were anciently, and are now,
spelled in many different ways, any of which are frequently correct.

3Should be sister of Sir Hugh Owen and verch Owen ap Hugh.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 2 1 1

The mother of Margaret verch Robert ap Owen, was Mar-
garet verch Sion, ap Lewis ap Tyddur ap Ednyved ap
Howell ap Mrhedydd ap Gruffydd Derwas. The mother of
Margaret verch Sion ap Lewis, was Agnes verch Owen, ap
Thomas ap Owen ap Thomas ap Howell ap Mrheydd ap
Gruffydd Derwas. The mother of Agnes verch Owen, ap
Thomas, was Mary verch Ellisa (Byrin ?). The mother of
Robert ap Owen, ap Lewis, was Mary, verch Tudwr Vaughan,
ap David Llwydd ap Tyddwr Vaughan ap Gruffydd ap
Howell [ap Gr. Derwas]. The mother of Mary verch Tudwr
Vaughan, was Agnes verch Lewis ap Mrheydd. [The mother
of Agnes, was Elin verch Robert ap Howell ap David ap
Mevrig]. The mother of Owen ap Lewis, was Elin verch
Howell Gruffydd. The mother of Lewis ap Sion Gruffydd,
was Elsbeth verch David Lloyd.

The children of Rowland Ellis by his second wife are
given as : Elizabeth, Rowland, Robert, Ellin (m. John Evans),
(Catherine).

Other records referred to in the compilation of this article
were, deed to him for his land in Pennsylvania, he being de-
scribed therein as " of Brin Mawr, in the County of Merioneth,
gentleman"; assignment, in trust, dated after 1717, he being
then of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, gentleman, reciting trans-
actions with Humphrey Owen, of Llwyndu (in Llwyngrill), and
Lewis Owen, of Tyddyn y Garreg, concerning certain loans
on bonds.

There are also several testimonials of him by Friends who
knew him both in his native country and in Pennsylvania.
Some of these are embodied in the sketch of his life which we
reprint in this article. The old pedigree above described hav-
ing been found to agree in the essential points with the
Herald's visitations made out 1585-1601, and with parish
registers and other documents remaining in Wales, it is a com-
paratively easy task for one versed in Welsh genealogy to give
a detailed account of the ancestry of Rowland Ellis, who, as
we have seen, was the son of Ellis Price, son of Rees ap Lewis
ap John Griffith, of Nannau.

Tythyn Bryn Mawr, in Merionethshire, appears to have
anciently formed a part of the Nannau Estate, which was the

212 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

early possessions of Rowland Ellis's ancestors, many of whom
lie buried in Dolgelly Church.

The family from whence Rowland Ellis sprang was of
princely lineage, descending in the direct male line from Bled-
dyn, the son of Cynfyn, who was Prince of Powys, and was so
imprudent as to get himself murdered by the amiable " gentle-
men of Ystrad Tywy," in the year 1072. This Prince, in de-
fiance to the advice of his countrymen, married Isabel, daugh-
ter of Picot de Say, a Norman Knight, and had by her a son
called Cadwgan, " the renowned Briton," who, besides being
Lord of Ystrad Tywy in Cardigan, was also Lord of Nannau,
in Merionethshire.

Cadwgan also fell by the dagger of the assassin, and was
succeeded, as Lord of Nannau, by a long line of notable de-
scendants.

As we will give particulars concerning each generation
in the chart pedigree on another page of this article, it is only
necessary here to mention a few of the most prominent mem-
bers of this old family.

One of these early Lords of Nannau was Meuric ap Ynyr
Vychan, who was living in the 2ist year of Edw. Ill (1347-8).
In the Parish Church of Dolgelly is the tomb of this Lord. It
is a sepulchral effigy in mail and plate armor, having a shield
on his breast, on which is carved a lion, and the stone bears
this inscription : " Hie Jacet Meuric Filius Ynyr Vachan."
The effigy formerly stood in the aisle, but was afterward set
in the wall under a memorial window of more recent date.
Meuric1 was succeeded by his son Meuric Lloyd, who was
father to Howell, of Nannau, commonly called Howell Sele.

'The father of this Meuric (Ynyr Vychan), appears to have been a very
violent man even for the age in which he lived. In the Parliament of 15 and 16
Edward II, (1322-3) he and others were charged with attacking, on the next
Wednesday after the feast of St Gregory, in the 15th of that king, the Castle of
John de Grey, of Ruthen, setting fire to the town and killing two men.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis.

213

Effigy of Meuric, of Nannau (Ancestor of Rowland Ellis of Bryn

Mawr), Fourteenth Century, in DSlgelly Church,

near Bryn Mawr, Merionethshire,

North Wales.

When Owen Glendower instituted his famous rebellion,
the Lancaster Howell Sele (his cousin) refused to join, which
enraged Owen to so great an extent that meeting him one
day whilst hunting alone in Nannau Park, Owen having one at-
tendant, Madog, they fell upon Howell and slew him, throw-
ing his body into a great oak, hollow through age. This
Nannau oak was for centuries an object of superstitious dread
to the peasantry of Merionethshire, and fell down on the 13th
of July, 1 81 3. Throughout Merionethshire it was known as
the Spirit's Blasted Tree—" Conbren Yr Ellyll." The vas-
sals of Nannau, and Howell Sele's family were rilled with
alarm at his disappearance, but inquiries and searches gave no
information of his whereabouts.

After Glendower's death, however, on a dark evening in
November, an armed horseman was observed riding furiously
up the hill which leads from Dolgelly to Nannau ; it was Ma-
dog, who after the death of Glendower, hastened to fulfill his
master's last command and unravel the horrid mystery. He
told his story and referred to the oak for confirmation.

The tree was cut into and Howell's body discovered,
grasping with his right hand his rusty sword. The remains
were removed to the neighboring monastery of Gymmer, where
they were interred. After the oak fell the wood was made

214 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

into a variety of utensils, and many engravings of the tree,
framed with its wood, are to be found in Dolgelly.

The story has been woven into a very fine ballad by Mr.
Warrington, printed in the notes to Marmion, by Scott. It is
partly as follows :

" Led by the ardor of the chace,
Far distant from his own domain,
From where Garthmaelen spreads her shade,
The Glyndwr sought the opening plain.

" With head aloft and antlers wide,

A red buck rous'd, then cross'd his view ;
Stung with the sight, and wild with rage,
Swift from the wood fierce Howell flew.

" They fought, and doubtful long the fray,
The Glyndwr gave the fatal wound.
Still mournful must my tale proceed,
And its last act all dreadful sound.

" I marked a broad and blasted oak

Scorch'd by the lightning's livid glare,
Hollow its stem from branch to root,
And all its shrivell'd arms were bare.

" Be this, I cried, his proper grave !

(The thought in me was deadly sin);
Aloft we rais'd the hapless chief,

And dropped his bleeding corpse within.
******
" He led them near the blasted oak,

Then conscious, from the scene withdrew ;
The peasants work with trembling haste,
And lay the whitened bones to view.

" Back they recoil'd: the right hand still
Contracted, grasp'd a rusty sword,
Which erst in many a battle gleamed,
And proudly deck'd their slaughtered lord.

" Pale lights on Caday's rocks were seen,
And midnight voices heard to moan ;
Twas even said the blasted oak
Convulsive heav'd a hollow groan.

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Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 2 1 5

" And to this day the peasant still

With cautious fear avoids the ground ;
In each wild branch a spectre sees,
And trembles at each rising sound."

The brave but unfortunate Howell had married Mali,
daughter of Einion ap Griffith, of Cors y Gedol, and had a son
Meuric Vychan, of Nannau, who, together with his uncle,
Griffith Derwas, is named among the heirs of a " Wele," of
free land, in the township of Nannau, in an extent of Merion-
ethshire taken 7 Henry V. 1419-20, and the "farm," of the
mill of Llan Vachreth was granted to both at Michaelmas, 3 5
Henry VI. for four years. Meuric, of Nannau, was foreman
of the jury at Caernarvon, 1444, and was living, a very aged
man, 2 Henry VII., i486. He married Angharad, daughter
of David ap Cadwgan, descended from Elystan Glodrydd, and
had a son, called David ap Meuric Vychan, of Nannau, who
having married Ellen, daughter of Howell ap Rhys ap David,
descended from Owen Brogyntyn, had a son, Howell ap David,
of Nannau, whose name appears in a roll of accounts for Mer-
ionethshire ending at Michaelmas, 2 Henry VIII. (15 10), as
surety for William ap Jenkin ap Iorwerth, " farmer" of the
mills of Llanvachreth and Llanegryn. Howell married Ellin,
daughter unto Robert Salisbury, of Llanrwst, son of Thomas
Salisbury, descended from Sir Henry, a Knight of the Holy
Sepulchre, and had issue : Griffith ap Howell, of Nannau, who
was living 33 Henry VIII., 1 541-2. He married Jane, daugh-
ter of Humphrey ap Howell, ap Ievan, of Yns-y-maen-gwyn ;
her mother being Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Herbert,
Knight, of Colebrook. Griffith had two sons : Hugh, who was
living 1588, and John ap Griffith, who married Elizabeth,
daughter of David Lloyd, of Trawvynydd, and had three
children : Ellen, Jane and Lewis. Lewis was father to Rees,
who had Ellis ap Rees (alias Ellis Price), who married Ann,
daughter of Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyngwrill, and was
father to Rowland Ellis.

2l6

Merion in the Welsh Tract,

ARMS OF THE NANNAU FAMILY.
Or, a lion rampant, azure.

PEDIGREE OF ROWLAND ELLIS, OF BRYN MAWR, BORN ANNO 165O.

I. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys ; murdered, 1072.
He married 2ndly, Isabel, daughter of Picot de Say, a Nor-
man Baron, and had :

II. Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Lord of Yestradtywy, Cardi-
gan, and of Nannau in Merionethshire, murdered about 1 109,
who married Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan,
Prince of Gwynedd. She was subsequently the wife of Gruffydd,
Prince of South Wales, and is stated to have been killed in
battle in 1 135. By her he had :

III. Madoc ap Cadwgan, Lord of Nannau, who married
Eva, daughter and heiress of Philip ap Uchtryd ap Edwin,
Lord of Tegeingle, ap Gronwy ap Einion ap Owen ap Howell
Dda, King of all Wales, and had issue :

IV. Meuric ap Madoc, Lord of Nannau, who espoused
Gwenllian, daughter and heiress of Ierwerth ap Predyr ap
Gronwy ap Adda ap David Goch, from Ednowain ap Bradwin,
Head of the 15th Noble Tribe of Wales, and a lineal descend-
ant of the kings of Britain. By her he had :

V. Ynyr ap Meuric, Lord of Nannau, whose wife was
Gwyrvyl, daughter and heiress of Madog ap Llowarch Vyc-
nan ap Llowarch Goch, ap Llowarch Holbwrch, Treasurer
of Gruffydd, P. of W. They had :

Einion ap Ynyr; he was consecrated Bishop of St.
Andrews, 2 1 October, 1 268, and :

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 2 1 7

VI. Ynyr ap Ynyr, alias Ynyr Vychan, Lord of Nan-
nau, who married Gwenhwyvar, daughter of Gruffydd ap
Gwen ap Gronwy ap Einion ap Seissyllt, Lord of Mathafon.
He presented a petition to Edward, Prince of Wales, at Ken-
sington, 33 Edw. I. (1304-5), for the office of Raglor of the
Comot of Talybont, stating that the King had given it to him
for taking Madoc ap Llewelyn, who, in the last war, had made
himself Prince of Wales. The petition, however, was not
granted, as no charter could be shown. In the Parliament of
15 and 16 Edw. II. (1322-23), he and others were charged
with attacking, on the next Wednesday after the feast of St.
Gregory, in the 15th of Edw. II., the Castle of John Grey, at
Ruthen, setting fire to the town, and killing two men. (Rec.
Caern. 220 ; Rolls of Parlt. Vol. I, p. 397.) He had issue by
Gwenhwyvar, his wife :

VII. Meuric ap Ynyr Vychan1, Lord of Nannau, living
21 Edw. III. (1347-8). He married Angharad, dau. Gruffydd
ap Owen ap Bleddyn ap Owen Brogyntyn, Lord of Dinmael
and Ediernion, ap Madog ap Meredith, ap Bleddyn, Prince of
Powys. He lies buried in Dolgelly church, and a tomb to his
memory is still extant there. It is a sepulchral effigy, in
stone, of Meuric, in plate and mail, having his shield charged
with the arms which he assumed, a lion passant guardant, with
this inscription : " hic jacet meuric filius ynyr vachan." She
had issue, by Angharad, his wife :

VIII. Meuric Lloyd ap Meuric, Lord of Nannau ; died
before 1400. He married Mallt, dau. Howell Pickhill, ap
David ap Gronwy ap Ierworth ap Howell ap Meredith ap Sandde
Hardde, Lord of Morton in Denbighshire, and had :

Gruffydd Derwas, liv. 141 6; he was Esquire of the
Body to Henry VI. From him are descended many of the
lines hereafter mentioned (vide Powys Fadog, Vol. V, p. 1 12),
and:

IX. Howell Sele, Lord of Nannau ; he was slain by
Owen Glendower, in Nannau Park about, 1401. He married
Mali, dau. Einion ap Gruffydd ap Llewelyn ap Cynric ap Os-
born, of Cors y Gedol, Merionethshire, and had :

X. Meuric Vychan, Lord of Nannau ; he, with his uncle,
Gruffydd Derwas, are named among the heirs of a " Wele" of
free land, in the township of Nannau, in an extent of Merion-
ethshire, taken 7 Henry V. (1419-20), and the " farm" of the
mill of Llanvachreth was granted to both at Michaelmas 35

"Powys Fadog, Vol. V, p. 55, etc. ; Dwnn II, Nannau.
W. T. — 28.

2l8

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Henry VI. (1456) for four years. In 1444 Meuric was fore-
man of the Jury at Caernarvon. He was living 2 Henry VII.
(i486), at which time he was probably aged over ninety years.
He married Angharad, dau. David ap Cadwgan ap Philip
Dorddu ap Howell ap Madoc ap Howell ap Griffith ap Gron-
wy ap Gwrgenen ap Holdlien goch ap Cadwgan ap Elystan
Glodrydd, Prince of Fferlys, and had :

XI. David ap Meuric Vaughan, of Nannau, who mar-
ried Ellen, dau. Howell ap Rhys ap David ap Howell ap
Grufiydd ap Owen ap Bleddyn, Lord of Dinmael ap Owain
Brogyntyn, descended from the Princes of Powysland, and
had:

XII. Howell ap David, of Nannau. He appears in a
roll of accounts for Merionethshire, ending Michaelmas, 2nd
Henry VIII. (15 10), as surety for one William ap Jenkin ap
Ierworth," farmer," of the mills of Llanvachreth and Llanegryn.
He married Ellen, dau. of Robert Salsbury, of Llan-Rwst, ap
Thomas Salsbury hen (liv. 1451), ap Sir Henry Salsbury,
Knight of the Holy Sepulchre (died about 1 399), ap Rawling
Salsbury ap William Salsbury, M. P. 1322, and had :

XIII. Griffith ap Howell, of Nannau, and Lord there-
of; living 33d Henry VIII. (1 541-2). Hugh Nannau, the
eldest son, signed the pedigree as head of the family, 24 July,
1588. (Dwnn II, p. 226.) He married Jane, dau. Humphrey
ap Howell ap Ievan, of Yns y Maen Gwyn. Her mother was
Anne, dau. Sir Richard Herbert, Knight of Coldbrook. [Jane
was a lineal descendant of Henry IV., King of England,] and
had:

Hugh, Lord of Nannau,

1
John Nannau, alias = Elizabeth,

1 1
Margaret Eliz-

m. Annest, dau. Rhys

John ap Griffith, of

dau. David

m. Wil- abeth

Vaughan, of Cors y

Nannau. He held

Lloyd, of

liam ap

Gedol, living 1588.

certain lands in the

Trawsfyn-

Tudor, Anne.

township of Dyffry-

edd.

ap Gruffyd

dan in Ddlgelly

ap Ednyfed

Parish, and else-

of Egryn

where.

Abbey.

Lewis ap John Griffith, = Ellen, dau. Howell ap

J J
Ellen Jane

of Dyffrydan, etc He

was

Griffith.

born born

living 28 Augt., 1654,

be-

prior prior

ing then described as

1588. 1588.

holding the lands of

Dewisbren and Debafeder.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis.

219

Rees Lewis ap John =
Griffith, of the town-
ship of Dyffrydan, in
Co. Merioneth, built
Bryn Mawr, 1617;
living 1649 ; called
also Rees Lewis, of
Dyffrydan, gentle-

Catherine, dau. Elisha
ap Da\id (his son
David Ellis was liv.
1649) ap Owen ap
Thomas ap Howell ap
Meredith ap Griffith
Derwas ; descended
from Bleddyn, P. of
Powys. (See supra.)

Owen ap Lewis ;
he married Mary,
daughter of Tudor
Vaughan, of Caer
y Nwch, in Co. Mer-
ioneth, lineally de-
scended from Griffith
Derwas, and had Rob-
ert, who had Mar-
garet, 2nd wife of
Rowland Ellis.

Lewis ap Rees ;
m. Elizabeth,
dau. and heiress

of , and

had Elizabeth,
only child, who
m. Robert ap
Owen, whose
child Lewis
Owen d. s. p.
circa 1695 ;
his lands de-
scended to Row-
land Ellis, as
next heir. (Ellis
MS.) Lewis ap
Rees was of
Maes y helme in
1654.

Margaret :
dau. and heiress
of Ellis Morris,
of Dolgun, his
kinswoman. She
was married
about 1672 ;
died soon after.

Ellis ap Rees = Ann Humphrey,
daughter of
Humphrey ap
Hugh, of Llwyn
Gwrill, gentle-
man, 1649. He
was son of Hugh
ap David ap
Howell ap
Gronwy ap
Einion.

(alias Ellis
Price), of Bryn
Mawr, in the
township of
Dyfirydan,
"gentleman " ;
his marriage set-
tlement is dated
1649, by which
his father trans-
ferred to him
Tythyn Bryn
Mawr. He was
living nth of
1st month
(March),
1678-9, but
died before
1696.

Griffith Rowland
Price, Rees, liv.

liv. 1649. 1649.

Rowland Ellis, of =
Bryn Mawr, in the
township of Dyfiry-
dan, Merionethshire,
"gentleman"; bom
1650 at Bryn Mawr ;
died at Gwynedd,
Pennsylvania, in the
7th month, 1731.
(See MS. pedigree in
his own handwriting
herewith.)

Margaret, daughter of Robert ap
Owen ap Lewis ap John Gruffydd,
of Dyfiryddan. (See supra.) She
was his cousin. She died about
1730-

Ann, m. Rev. Jane Elizabeth,

Rowland

Robert

Ellin, Catherine

Richard John- d. unm.

Ellis, Jr.

Ellis.

m. John d. unm.

ston, Curate of

Evans, of

Dolgelly. He

Gwynedd,

was at one

son of

time minister

Cadwal-

of St. Illtyd,

ader Evans,

220 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

near DSlgelly. son of

The present Evan ap

representative Evan Rob-

of this line ert Lewis,

is Edward of Fron

Griffith, Esq., Goch, Mer-

now (1895) of ionethshire.

Springfield, The pres-

DSlgelly. ent repre-

sentatives
of this line
are Row-
land and
Allen
Evans,
Esqs., of
Haverford,
Penna.

(I89S-)
(See infra.)

Many years ago there appeared in the Friend such an ex-
cellent account of Rowland Ellis, that we have thought well
to reprint it here, making some slight corrections.

" Rowland Ellis was born near Dolgelly, in Merioneth-
shire, North Wales, in the year 1650. His place of abode was
on his paternal estate, called Brin-Mawr. Soon after he was of
age he married a young woman of some wealth and dis-
tinction near by, who was soon taken from him, leaving him a
child, Ann, who, by her mother's death, became heiress to
considerable estate. About the twenty-second year of his
age he was convinced of the Truth as held by the people
called Quakers, and receiving it in the love of it, he walked
with faithfulness therein. He now married again. His second

wife appears to have been Margaret by whom

he had several children. She was of a family who had already
become members amongst Friends. He was soon called to
suffer in support of his principles. In the year 1676 he was
imprisoned with others on the charge of not resorting to the
' parish church,' so called, and on the 6th of the Sixth-month,
the prisoners were brought before the judges at Baala. These
did not proceed to try them on the indictment, but tendered
them the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. These they
could not take for conscience sake, seeing that he whom they

3-S

PEDIGREE IN THE HANDWRITING OF ROWLAND ELLIS. THE DATE

AND THE LATTER APPEj1

■

[OF HIS BIRTH, AND DEATH (1729) HAVE BEEN ADDED RECENTLY,
[IRS TO BE ERRONEOUS.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 22 1

were bound above all to obey, had charged his flock ' swear
not at all.' On declining to take them, one of the judges
irritated out of all decency at the Christian firmness of the
prisoners, declared that ' if they did refuse the oath a second
time they should be proceeded against as traitors, the men to be
hanged and quartered, and the women burned.' On the istof
the Seventh-month they were brought again before the justices
and the oaths again tendered them. The prisoners made a
solemn declaration of their allegiance to the King and abhor-
rence of Popery ; but they declined to violate their consciences,
and were remanded to close imprisonment, to be kept as fel-
ons and traitors. Winter came on, and during the severe
frost they were not allowed the benefit of a fire or fire-place.
The goaler would probably have treated them more kindly,
but he was in awe of the parson of Dolgelly, in which place
the Friends were confined, who would have complained to the
judges1 of any favor shown the prisoners. Edward Rice, one
of them, a man above sixty years of age, unable to bear such
suffering as fell to their lot during the severity of the cold,
perished under it, dying during the extremity of the frost.

How long the rest of the Friends were imprisoned we do
not know. Rowland, after his enlargement, continued faith-
ful to his inward guide, and growing in grace and religious
experience, a dispensation of gospel ministry was committed
to him. When Pennsylvania was conveyed to Penn he felt
drawn to the new country, and sent thither Thomas Owen
and family to make a settlement*. His own way to remove
was not clear, his master having further service for him in
Wales. Friends being constant in suffering in support of their
principles, their honest neighbors taking note of their innocent
courage and steadfastness, began to feel kindly towards them,
and under the powerful influence of popular feeling, even the
cruel intentions of persecutors began to relax. [In 1685, the
Yearly Meeting of Wales addressed a letter to the yearly meet-
ing in London, showing that such was the case at that time.]

'See Besse's Sufferings of Friends.

"This was the 1 100 acres which he purchased.

222 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Rowland Ellis was a man of note in the neighborhood in
which he resided, and had a competent estate. In the year
1686 the subject of a removal to Pennsylvania pressing on his
mind he concluded to visit the Province, and make such ar-
rangements as might be best for the accommodation of his
family, when the time should fully come for transporting them
there. On the 16th of the Eighth-month, 1686, he took pas-
sage at Milford Haven in a Bristol ship bound for Pennsyl-
vania, by the southern route, then a favorite one. He took
his eldest son.Rowland, with him, and about one hundred of
his neighbors accompanied them. The passage was a very
long one, in which many of the passengers died from hunger,
and others, soon after their arrival, from the effects of the
privations they had endured. Some who long survived never
recovered their usual strength. The amount of suffering and
death would doubtless have been even greater if the vessel
had not touched at Barbadoes, where it remained nearly six
weeks. Here the kind entertainment of Friends and some
others did much to recruit such as were not too much ex-
hausted. They were twenty-four weeks in reaching their port,
and arrived about the beginning of Second-month, 1687. On
reaching Philadelphia all who were able hastened to their re-
spective settlements, and Rowland Ellis among them. He
stayed about nine months, " in which time," it is said, " he had
laid a foundation towards such improvements as were neces-
sary to accommodate the family he intended to bring over."
Leaving his son with his maternal uncle, John Humphrey, a
valuable Friend, he, in the spring of 1688, returned to his own
country. From what took place after his return, it is evident
that he made a purchase of part of the Plymouth tract1, the
original settlers of which being chiefly tradesmen, and not able
profitably to farm had left it, and removed into Philadelphia.

He found that some of his property had been seized for
distraints during his absence, but this being no new feature

"If he purchased any land in Plymouth at this time it was in connection with
others. He was afterwards quite a speculator in land, losing all of his fortune in
schemes to get rich quickly.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 223

of suffering, was not difficult to bear. His way was not yet
clear to remove to his newly obtained possessions, and he
awaited the time with patience and hope. A gift of the ministry
of the gospel had been bestowed upon him, and although his
labors in that line were not as frequent as some, yet being
sound and lively, they were to the edification of the churches.
A great trial awaited him. One of his daughters, doubtless,
Ann, the heiress, married the priest of the parish at Dolgelly.
We know not what circumstances had occurred to bring about
an acquaintanceship between them, but we must suppose the
young woman had never submitted to the restraining influence
of true religion, when she thus openly contemned the prin-
ciples and admonitions of her godly parents. The troubles
and trials she brought upon those parents, whom she must
have both loved and reverenced, although little thought of
when in the enjoyment of gratified affection, would doubtless
be present to her mind, bringing deep bitterness in seasons of
sorrow and sickness.1

In the year 1696 Hugh Roberts visited Wales from
Pennsylvania on religious service. He, during his visit there,
doubtless, at the desire of his valuable friend, her father, called
twice to see this strayed, rebellious child and her husband. In
the year 1697 Rowland Ellis came to Pennsylvania with his
remaining family, and settled at Plymouth2. Soon after his
arrival William Ellis, a minister from England, paid a religious
visit in America. With this Friend Rowland Ellis had had
deep religious fellowship, and after his return to his native
country, Rowland wrote him the following letter. It shows
the anxious desire of a father panting for the well-being of a
disobedient yet still well-beloved child :

'It is not likely that Rowland Ellis was so greatly troubled regarding his
daughter's marriage as the writer of this memorial seems to think. Further on
we will give a letter from Rowland Ellis to his son-in-law. Doubtless he was
very desirous of having her return to the Quaker Faith, as appears by the efforts
he made to induce her to come back, but he appears to have regarded Mr. John-
ston with respect.

^his is a mistake for Bryn Mawr. He did not go to Plymouth until after he
sold the Merion Plantation.

224 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The 28th of the First-month, 1699.
My Much Esteemed Friend, William Ellis:

If these lines come to thy hands, thou mayst understand
what often hath been in my mind to tell thee, that if ever it
come before thee to visit Friends in Wales, I desire this kind-
ness of thee, partly for thy name's Sake, but rather upon
Truth's account, when at Dolgelly meeting, in Merionethshire,
in North Wales, to inquire for my daughter, if she be then
alive, and for her husband, who is a priest. If thou findest
thyself free, and anything inclined thereto, knock at his door,
and see whether she is quite dead, or Slumbering among the
dead. I do believe a living invitation may call home a strayed
sheep, though gone far into the wilderness, and there, it may
be, fast entangled in briars, and bound up in strong chains.
If there is any breath left in her, she may answer, though in a
land of darkness, and under the shadow of death. The good
Shepherd takes great pains to unloose the lost sheep from their
bonds and entanglements, and David-like, killing the lion,
and delivering the lamb out of his mouth, to bring the same
to their right mind, to know the Shepherd's tents. Well, my
friend ! I believe some have done things of this nature ; and
who can tell, if it come before thee, but thou mayst, through
the power of God, be instrumental to open their eyes ; they
both are very kind to Friends. Our friend, Hugh Roberts,
hath twice visited them, they being sick ; her husband took it
very kindly. So, with my dear love unto thee,
I remain thy friend

Rowland Ellis.

Being a man of good natural ability, a sufficient educa-
tion, and comfortable estate, his neighbors soon brought him
into public life. In 1700 he was elected to represent Philadel-
phia county in the Assemby of the Province, a service for

which he was well qualified. . His public labors

were not allowed to interfere with his domestic duties. He
was earnestly concerned for the proper education of his child-
ren, and sought by timely instruction, and righteous restraint,
to inculcate the principles of Truth, and to repress the practice
of error. He was often concerned to have religious oppor-
tunities in his family, in which he hoped and prayed that his
children might be drawn to wait upon God for themselves,
and become acquainted with the teachings and leadings of the

Bryn Mazvr and Rowland Ellis. 225

Holy Spirit. To some of his children, if not all, his labors
were blessed, and they long survived him, bright, shining ex-
amples of true Christian virtue, of strong minds, bowing under
the Cross of Christ.

His friends testify that he was of " a sound judgment,
ready and willing to assist his neighbors and Friends,' when
his aid and advice was desired. " He was zealous for supporting
our Christian discipline, and exemplary in conducting himself
agreeable therewith, sometimes saying, ' If the hedge of disci-
pline was not kept up, the labour of the husbandman would be
laid waste.' Thus he lived in love and usefulness till he had
entered his eightieth year. His children were married; his be-
loved wife, Margaret, had been just removed from him by death,
and, doubtless, he had experienced many other strippings,
but he was green and cheerful in spirit, getting out to his re-
ligious meetings. He was, and it probably was his last visit
to Philadelphia, at the Quarterly Meeting held there in Fifth-
month 31st, and Sixth-month 2d, 1731. In the Sixth-month
he attended his own monthly meeting, held at Gwynedd, and
whilst in it was taken unwell. Being conveyed to the house
of John Evans, the husband of his beloved daughter, Ellen, he
said to several friends, who had gathered round him, ' I am
glad I was here to-day, for I had a lively meeting, and though
I now feel much weakness, and the infirmities attending my
advancing age, yet I can say, Truth is as dear and as sweet
as ever.'

Another remark he made was, ' Satan sometimes lies in
wait like a roaring lion to devour me, but I find he is chained
by a secret h?nd, which limits his power, so that he cannot
harm me.'

He died at the house of his son-in-law, about the begin-
ning of the Seventh-month, 173 1, and his body was interred
in Friends' burying ground at Plymouth."

Rowland Ellis settled first at Bryn Mawr, now Lower

Merion, on the six hundred acres of his eleven hundred acre

tract, surveyed there. His plantation is now known as " Har-

riton," and the larger home which he built was afterwards the

w. t. — 29.

226 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

residence of Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental
Congress. The place adjoins the Taylor College, of Bryn
Mawr, on the north, and is now well known as the Morris
property.

The following letter was written by Rowland Ellis to his
son-in-law, Rev. Richard Johnston, in 16981. The plantation
described is the " Harriton" place, at Bryn Mawr :

As for ye account of our passage I think I have been
something large in my last wcb I hope came to thy hands, least
it came not, we have had a good passage in six weeks time
from land to land, none died in ye ship but one old woman,
one other woman was brought to bed ; she & her child did
very well, so we kept our numbers through the mercy of God.
We had our health very well only sea sickness and as for ye
country I like it very well ; we had a very cold winter, such
another people here cannot remember, hard frost, & deep
snow, which continued untill ye beginning of this month ; we
bore it I think as well as most ; we had an indifferent good
house ; very good & large chimney ; we made fire night &
day. Our house lies under ye Cold N. W. wind & just to the
South Sun, in a very warm bottom near a stream of very good
water. We have cleared about this run ab* 10 or 12 Acres
for meadow land, very good soil, black mould moist over. I
do think. for ye most part, if not all ye river will soon overflow
it, which runs through it, it being set thick of [thorn] bryars,
& small scrubs ; a man upon a horse could not ride through
it. We hope to mow ye next harvest store of hay ; we have
as much more such ground for meadow, when we may have
to enclose it. Few or none among our countrymen have the
like conveniency of Meadow land. We have above 6 acres of
wheat sown in good order, & an accer & half of ye last sum-
mer fallow for Barley. We now begin to clear in order for to
sow Oats, if ye Lord gives us life & health, if we can between
this & the beginning of May, & about 6 accers, & for Indian
Corn as much as we can. We are about to enclose with rail
fence by ye latter end of spring above 40 acres. Our Accer"
of land is 40 Perch in length & 4 in breadth. Our Perch is 16
ft & half, an accre of land containing about 76 Roods at least.
Ye Rood whoh is ye common measure of land with you near
Dolgelley is 6 yards square, by this thee mayest compute

•This letter is now in the possession of Mr. Elias, of Denbighshire, Wales.
See Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1894.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 227

measures together. We have a good soil under a very rough
coat ; many things sown bring good increase. Ye country
grass is very rough & Course in hand as most things by
nature, but as it be naturalized, we hope it will prove better ;
yt wh is good for Winter fodder. Our land generally is dry,
and some places strong ; some places very level, but ours
hereaway, little rising grounds, few hills, fine springs, & run-
ning streams of as good water as any I saw ; good stately
Oaks several sorts of Poplars & great many kinds of trees, also
black & white Wallnut, Cipresse, Pine, & Cedar in some places
grow plentifully. They begin now to build the houses with
Stone, & many with brick, whch may be made in any place
here. There is Limestone within, 3 little miles to my house.
English hay does very kindly, especially white honey suckle
(Dutch Clover?), where yt take root it mightily increases, &
kills all wild roots (as they say) where it so takes. Ye red
clover does well. There are but few of the natives now. Not
1 to 10 as was formerly. As many as there is, are very quiet
a new comer may supply himself with horses, cows or sheep,
as many as he wants ; good horse £4. with you, may cost £8.
more or less, Good Cow here £$ or £6., beef ye last fall 2l/2
per pound, pork 3d, cheese 7d butter iod to i8 per pound mut-
ton sd also, wheat 8s Rye 6s Malt & ye bushell. All other
things are very dear, accordingly all things, whether foreign
or country commodities will fall. We hear of ye pea^ce con-
cluded between England and France. It has been very sickly
season here ye last fall & winter; severall died of our Country-
men ; the Lord hath preserved us hitherto. Since I began to
write this letter my wife had ye distemper, now she is re-
covered very well, blessed be God. If I live to receive a few
lines from thee when opportunity p'sents, I hope if all things
be well to return to the a few other acct" how we do. Also
of any other things if worth sending and I desire y' none may
take occasion by any word yt discovers, nor suppose if I do
nor did repent of my coming, for be it far from me from en-
couraging any to venture ymselves, & what they have, furtherly
they live comfortable in their native country to ye danger of
ye seas and many more inconvenience yt may happen & on
ye other hand discourage any yt hath any real inclinations to
transport themselves into ye hands of providence. Some came
here might have better staid in their own country, & it is my
thought yt great many more would have done better here yt
ever they are like to do in their own country.

228 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

In an article styled "Settlers in Merion — Harriton Planta-
tion," in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,
George Vaux thus refers to the place :

" Richard Harrison's second wife, Hannah Norris, was the
second daughter of Isaac Norris, and granddaughter of Deputy
Governor Thomas Lloyd. She was a most affectionate and
pious woman, and a minister in the Society of Friends.

Richard Harrison and Hannah Norris were married in
Philadelphia in 1717, and soon after he returned with his
bride to his residence at Herring Creek. He had, however,
promised Hannah Norris prior to the marriage, that if, after
residing in Maryland one year, she did not like it for a home,
he would dispose of his property at Herring Creek and re-
move to Pennsylvania. The year's trial did not prove satis-
factory to Hannah Harrison, and, in accordance with his
promise, her husband made preparations to remove to the
vicinity of Philadelphia. In 17 19 he purchased, of Rowland
Ellis, an estate of seven hundred acres in Merion, about ten
miles from Philadelphia, situated on what was in those early
times one of the main roads leading out of the city, now
known as the Old Gulf Road. This road passes diagonally
through the southern part of the tract, and bounds it on the
southwest side throughout most of its length. The ancient
eleven- and twelve-mile-stone, marking the distance from
the old Court-House at Second and Market Streets, yet
remain on the premises. The mansion-house, still stand-
ing, was erected by the former owner, Rowland Ellis1, in

'Harriton is particularly well known as the home of Charles Thomson, and
on account of the quaint old cemetery on the grounds. " Harriton Family Ceme-
tery is about eighty-five feet long and forty-six feet wide. The entrance is by a
flight of stone steps ascending the wall on one side, and a similar flight descending
on the other. A grass walk extends across the breadth of the enclosure. Im-
mediately on the left-hand side of this walk are two rows of family graves, in
which were interred several generations of the Harrison family. Still farther to
the left, and entirely apart from these interments, are a number of stones marking
the graves of strangers to the family blood, buried here by permission between
1795 and 1828. On the right of the grass walk are several other rows of graves,
many of which are those of slaves employed in the Harrison family. The house
servants alone were buried here, the slaves generally being interred in a selected
spot in one of the fields. A block of soapstone is built in the front wall of the
cemetery, showing inscriptions on both sides. On the exterior side are the words
" Harriton Family Cemetery Anno 1719." On the interior side is the following
inscription : " This stone is opposite the division between two rows of family
graves, wherein were interred Richard Harrison (died March 2, 1747), and a
number of his descendants. Also Charles Thomson, Secretary of Continental
Congress (died Aug. 16, 1824), and Hannah Thomson wife of Chas: Thomson,
daughter of Richard Harrison, grand-daughter of Isaac Norris, & great-grand-

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 229

1704.1 It is said that all the stone, sand, and other similar
materials used in its construction were carried on panniers.

This house, afterwards the residence of Richard Har-
rison's son-in-law Charles Thomson, is built of pointed stone,
two stories high, with dormer windows above. The main door-
way opens into the principal room on the first floor, used as
a dining-room in early times, and occupied by Charles Thom-
son as his study. It was here that the principal part of the
work was done on his translation of the Bible from the Sep-
tuagint. Until within a few years there was a date-stone in the
southwest gable of the house marked 1704 (1714?).

To this plantation Richard Harrison and his wife re-
moved. He called it Harriton, after his own name, changing
only the letter s into t.

The following is an account of the descendants of Row-
land Ellis, in Pennsylvania, so far as ascertained, and the
author desires to express here his obligation to Mr. Howard
M. Jenkins, from whose Historical Collections of Gwynedd
considerable data concerning the descendants of John Evans
was taken.1

It is claimed by some that Rowland Ellis, Jr., died s. p.,
and also his brother, Robert, and that Elizabeth and Catherine
remained unmarried. In the appendix will be found all the
information that the writer could gather upon this point.

daughter of Governor Thomas Lloyd (died Sept. 6, 1807)." In Charles Thom-
son's time the burial-ground was in full view from the windows of the mansion-
house, through a vista cut in the woodland which surrounds it.

'It is doubtful whether the date was 1704 or 1714. See Appendix.

3It will be observed that the arms given on the next page and the beginning
of the Owen genealogy, whilst those of Trahairn GOch, the common ancestor of
the two families, are yet different from the arms used by the Evans branch of the
family. This is explained by the fact that Trahairn Gdch assumed the arms of his
paternal grandmother, which were the three dolphins and chevron, instead of using
the arms of his grandfather, Rhys Gldf. Some of his descendants also used the
dolphins ; some the Lion within a bordure, of Rhys Gldf; whilst others, more
correctly, quartered the two shields.

230

Menon in the Welsh Tract.

DESCENDANTS OF ROWLAND ELLIS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

John Evans1, of Gwynedd, eldest son of Cadwalader, de-
scended from Trahairn Goch, of Llyn, born in Denbighshire,
Wales, 1689, died at Gwynedd, 9th mo. 23, 1756, married
Eleanor, daughter of Rowland Ellis, of Merion, at Merion
Meeting-house, 4th mo. 8, 1715. Eleanor, born at Bryn
Mawr, Merionethshire, Wales, 1685, died 4th mo. 29, 1765.
John was a celebrated preacher among Friends. His will,

•John Evans was the son of Cadwalader Evans, of Gwynedd, son of Evan ap
Evan, of Fron G6ch, one of the four brothers who settled at Gwynedd in 1698.
For their genealogy in the direct male line, /*

see Owen Family, another page. Cadwala- /t^* -^. ^rt* -^ f ^^

der Evans, who died at Gwynedd, where he [fXLTVr *'*&'& WCV**.
lived, near his brothers, Robert and Owen "

Evans, married in Wales, Ellen, daughter of John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn [White
Hill], in Denbighshire. Of the ancestry of her father, John Morris, we know but

Cs\ little, but from an old MS.

iJtO u£d&*tr &-.t*i~ PediSr-ee of th( °wcn ar,d

iA t A fg. gvan families, in the handwrit-
ing of Cadwalader Evans, third,

we ascertain that her mother was Eleanor, daughter of Ellis ap William, of Cai

Fadog. Her descent was as follows : Cadwgan,

Lord of Nannau, had Madog, who had Einion, /S . s >o jr

of Ciltalgarth (/ *y-*^*- ^^OE^X.
(Azure, a bow and O

arrow, point downward, argent), who had Madog
Hyddgam, of Ciltalgarth (Kiltalgarth), who Cadw-
gan, who had Madog, of Ciltalgarth, who had
Ievan, surnamed "y Cott," who had Ievan Fy-
chan, of Ciltalgarth, who had Madog, who had
David, who had Thomas ap David, who had Hugh
ap Thomas, of Ciltalgarth, who had William
ap Hugh, of Ciltalgarth, who had Ellis Williams,
of Cai Fadog, who had two daughters : Eleanor,
who married John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn, and had
Ellen, who married Cadwalader Evan ; and Gwen,
who married Hugh ap Cadwalader, and had

Eleanor, who became the wife of Edward Foulke, of Gwynedd.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis. 231

dated 9th mo. 16, 1756, was proved June 22, 1757. He leaves
to his daughter, Jane Hubbs, a life interest with remainder to
her children, in a lot of 2j4 acres, " part of the tract of 100
acres which I hold, to be laid out for her the west side of
Montgomery road, adjoining George Maris's field." He gives
his daughters, Margaret, Ellen, and Elizabeth, 50 acres, " to
be divided off the upper end, next Owen Evans's land." He
mentions his sons Rowland and John, and appoints them with
his son Cadwalader executors.

Children of John and Eleanor :

1. Cadwalader, b. 1716, d. 1773, m. Jane Owen.

2. Rowland, b. 1717-18, d. 1789, m. Susanna Foulke.

3. Margaret, b. 5th mo. 26, 17 19, m. Anthony Williams;
but left no issue.

4. Jane, b. 1st mo. 30, 1721, m. John Hubbs. " She left
two sons, John and Charles, and three daughters, Rachel,
Ellen, and Mary.

Ellen m., 1 781, Amos Lewis, of Upper Dublin [son of
Ellis Lewis, 2d, and his first wife Mary], and Rachel also m.,
1785, Amos Lewis.

5. Ellen, b. nth mo. 21, 1722, m., at Gwynedd m. h.,
12th mo. 18, 1764, Ellis Lewis, 2d [widower], of Upper Dublin.
Ellis d. 1783; Ellen survived him.

6. John, b. 1724, d. 1727.

7. Elizabeth, b. 6th mo. 26, 1726, d. 3d mo. 6, 1805,
unm. She is mentioned as living with her bro. John, and
giving information embodied by her nephew in the Evans
Record.

8. John, b. 1730, d. 1807, m. Margaret Foulke.

John Evans, of Gwynedd, youngest son of John and
Eleanor, born 12th mo. (February), 1730, died 9th mo. (Sep-
tember) 1807, married Nov. 19, 1734, Margaret Foulke,
daughter of Evan and Ellen, of Gwynedd1. (Margaret was
born 4th mo. 19, 1726, and died 3d mo. 6, 1798.) It was this
John who furnished Cadwalader, his nephew (son of Row-
land), with the family data which form the basis of the 1797
Record. He was known in Gwynedd as " John Evans, the
elder" (though his own father's name was John), in order to
distinguish him from his son John. He was a prominent and
active member of Gwynedd meeting. He lived all his life at
the old home of his father and grandfather, in Gwynedd (now

'See genealogy of Edward Foulke under pedigree of Edward Price.

232 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

the Bellows place). His will, which proves that he was quite
a rich man, was probated November 6, 1807. He gives his
son John the " plantation, consisting of three tracts, where he
now dwells, in Gwynedd, about 192 acres; directs his son
Cadwalader to release any supposed claim he may have on
the fee or title, in consideration of bequests now made him ;
leaves two tracts (homestead) to his son Cadwalader, one 245
acres, the other 36, he to pay .£500 to his [the testator's]
grandsons John and Robert ; bequeaths to his friends Levi
Foulke, Jesse Foulke, and John Jones, Jr., son of Evan, or
their survivors, £20 in trust to keep up the burial ground en-
closure at Gwynedd meeting, the fund to be used in the dis-
cretion of Gwynedd preparative meeting ; gives his son Cad-
walader two undivided thirds in 50 acres of land adjoining the
homestead, "late estate of brother Cadwalader;" gives son
Cadwalader the half residue of estate, the other half to grand-
son Robert ; gives ^200 to son John ; gives ^200 to grand-
sons Rowland and Evan in equal shares ; appoints son Cad-
walader and grandson Robert executors.

Children of John and Margaret :

1. Evan, d. 1757, aged 9 mos.

2. John, b. Sep. 7, 1759, d. 18 14, m. Gaynor Iredell,
Eleanor Ely.

3. Cadwalader, b. 1762, d. 1841, m. Harriet V. Musser.

4. Rowland, b. 1762 [twin brother to Cadwalader], " a
merchant in Philadelphia," d. 10th mo. 10, 1793, of yellow
fever, unmarried.

Cadwalader Evans, 3d son of John and Margaret, of
Gwynedd, born at Gwynedd, Dec. 25, 1762, died Oct. 26, 1841,
married Harriet Verena Musser, daughter of John, of Lan-
caster, Pa.

Children of Cadwalader and Harriet:

1. Juliana Doddridge, d. 1866, unm.

2. Margaret Eleanor, unm.

3. John Glendour, d. 1827, unm.

4. Rowland Edanis, d. 1866, unm.

5. Edmund Cadwalader, b. 1812, d. 1881, m. Mary
Louisa Allen.

6. William Elbert, b. 18 16, d. 1869, m. Anna Smith,
Emma Fotterall.

7. Cadwalader, d. 1861, unm.

8. Manlius Glendower, b. 1821, d. 1879, m- Ellen Kuhn.

Bryn Mawr and Rowland Ellis, 233

9. Harriet Verena, m. Gouverneur Morris Ogden, Esq.,
of New York (d. July, 1884), and had issue: Cadwalader E.,
David B., Gouverneur Morris.

Edmund Cadwalader Evans, M. D., son of Cadwalader
and Harriet V., born at Gwynedd, August 12, 181 2. He
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, studied medicine,
took his degree of M. D., and for several years practiced his
profession near Paoli, in Tredyffrin, Chester County. Later,
he resided near West Chester, but in 1865 removed to Lower
Merion, near the first Pennsylvania home of his ancestor Row-
land Ellis. He died May 20, 1881. He married April 17,
1844, Mary Louisa Allen, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Allen,
of Hyde Park, N. Y. She died 1861. (Four children died in
infancy ; the survivors are here given.)

Children of Edmund C. and Mary Louisa :

1. Rowland, b. July 12, 1847, in Tredyffrin; now a
member of the Philadelphia bar, residing in Lower Merion ;
he m., 1878, Mary Binney Montgomery, dau. of Richard R.
Montgomery, Esq., of Bryn Mawr, and has issue :

2. Allen, b. Dec. 8, 1849, in Tredyffrin ; an architect in
Philadelphia; resides in Lower Merion. He married, 1876,
Rebecca Lewis, daughter of John T. Lewis, Esq., of Philadel-
phia, and has issue :

William Elbert Evans, son of Cadwalader and Harriet
V., born in Philadelphia, 18 16, where he resided all his life.
He married 1st, Anna Smith, daughter of Jacob Smith, Esq.,
of Philadelphia, and 2nd, Emma Fotterall, daughter of Wil-
liam Fotterall, Esq., who survives, without issue. William
E. died 1869. His children, besides others who died in in-
fancy, were two in number.

Children of William E. and Anna :

1. Emily, m. John Henry Livingston, of Dutchess co.,
N. Y.

2. Glendower, graduated with distinction at Harvard
University ; a member of the bar in Boston, Mass. ; m. Bessy,
dau. of Edward Gardiner, Esq., of Boston.

Manlius Glendower Evans, son of Cadwalader and
Harriet V., born in Philadelphia, and.resided there until when
he removed to New York in 1870 and thence to Europe in
1875 where he continued to live until his death in 1879. He
left by his wife Ellen, daughter of Hartman Kuhn, four child-
ren, but had others who died young. His wife survived him.
w. t. — 30.

234 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Children of Manlius G. and Ellen:

i. Cadwalader, b. 1847, m Philadelphia, d. in New York,
1880, m. Angelina B., dau. of Israel Corse, Esq., of New
York, and had issue : Lena, and Edith Wharton.

2. Ellen Lyle, m. Alfred T. Mahan, Commander U. S.
N., and has issue : Helen Evans, Ellen Kuhn, Lyle Evans.

3. Rosalie, unm., resides with her mother, in N. Y.

4. Hartman Kuhn, b. in Philada., 1 860, unm. Return-
ing to the United States, after the death of his father, he en-
gaged in sheep ranching in Wyoming Territory.

Or, a Lion rampt., Azure.

ELLIS LEWIS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

[The facts regarding Ellis Lewis, his ancestry and descendants here given, are
derived from a very exhaustive and carefully compiled genealogy of this family1
of Lewis, prepared by Philip Syng Physick Conner, Esq., of Philadelphia, and
Octorara, Maryland. This genealogy, which is now before me, is based, so far
as the ancestry is concerned, upon a bequest in the will of Ellis Lewis, which will
is dated 25th of 12th month (February), 1747-8; proved at New Castle, Dela-
ware, 29 October, 1750, and now remaining in the office of Register of Wills
at Wilmington, Delaware (Will Book G, Vol. I, page 430, etc.) . This bequest
of Ellis Lewis is to his " loving couzens, Elizabeth and Catherine Ellis, who, Mr.
Conner assures us, he has identified as Elizabeth and Catherine, daughters of
Rowland Ellis, who were, he says, both unmarried, and alive about 1747. The
line claimed is through John ap Griffith, of Nannau, a direct male descendant of
the ancient native Princes of Powys. (See Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, elsewhere
in this volume.) This person had Lewis John ap Griffith, who had (besides Rees
Lewis, grandfather of Rowland Ellis) Owen Lewis, who, by Mary, daughter of
Tudor Vaughan, had Robert ap Owen, who married Margaret, daughter of John ap
Lewis (Rowland Ellis Papers) and had (according to the authorities cited in the

Lewis pedigree) a son, Lewis ap Robert, who, by Mary , (afterwards wife to

one Owen Roberts) had Ellis Lewis, the ancestor of the family in this country.]

Ellis Lewis was born in Wales in or about the year
1680, his father dying while he was quite young. His mother

iLewiB Pedigree, drawn up by P. S. P. Conner, 1894.

236 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

remarried, as stated above. In or about the year 1698 the
family were prepared to embark for America but were pre-
vented by illness, their household goods, however, going on ;
and this explains Ellis Lewis's declaration, in his Certificate,
that he had "substance" in Pennsylvania as well as "relations"
(Rowland Ellis's family, for instance). Later they went to
Ireland, and thence to Pennsylvania, Ellis Lewis's Certificate
of Removal being dated at Mount Mellick, Ireland, the 25th
of the 5th month, 1708. Upon his arrival in Pennsylvania,
Ellis Lewis went first to Haverford, in the neighborhood of
his cousins, the Ellises, Rowland and his family not yet having
removed into Gwynedd. Subsequently, he (E. L.) settled in
Kennett Township, Chester County, said Province, where he
was highly esteemed, being " a man of good understanding,"
and long an Elder of Friends. He was twice married ; first,
in 17 1 3, at Concord Meeting, in said County, to Elizabeth
Newlin, the mother of his children, as stated below ; secondly,
to Mary Baldwin, a widow (at Falls Meeting, Bucks County,
hi mo., 1723), who survived him. He died at Wilmington,
Delaware, on the 31st of the 6th month, 1750, and was buried
at Kennett. In his will, made on the 25th of the 12th month
(February), 1744-8, and proved on the 29th of October, 1750,
and now (1893) of record at Wilmington, he mentions his
"loving couzins Elizabeth and Catherine Ellis" and leaves
them a legacy. To return to his first wife : She was Elizabeth
(born 3 1st mo., 1687-8), the daughter of Nathaniel Newlin,
the owner and settler of Newlin Township, in the said County
of Chester, member of the Provincial Assembly in 1698 et
seqq., in 1700 one of the Committee on the Revision of the
Laws and Government of Pennsylvania, subsequently, a
Justice of the County Courts (1703 et seqq) and one of the
Proprietary's Commissioners of Property. From 1722 until
his death in 1729, one of the Trustees of the General Loan
Office of the Province. His first wife, and the mother of the
said Elizabeth, was Mary Mendenhall or Mildenhall, of Mil-
denhall, County Wilts, England, whom he married April the
17th, 1685; his second, Mary Fincher, survived him a short

Ellis Lewis and His Descendants. 237

time, dying childless. His father, Nicholas Newlin, an Eng-
lishman by birth, came from Mt. Mellick, Queen's County,
Ireland, to Pennsylvania in 1683, settling in Concord Town-
ship, Chester County. In 1684 he was commissioned, by
Governor Penn, one of the Justices of the Courts of the said
County, while, in the following year, he was called to the
Council of the said Governor and Proprietary, William Penn,
the founder of Pennsylvania. Nicholas Newlin died in May,
1699, his wife (Elizabeth Paggot) in 171 7.

To return to Ellis Lewis : He had by his wife, the said
Elizabeth Newlin, four children : namely, Robert, b. 21 i-mo.,
1 7 14, of whose line we now treat; Nathaniel, b. 11 10-mo.,
1717, d. 1 7-mo., 175 1, without issue; Ellis, b. 22 3-mo.,i7i9
(had Eli, who had Ellis Lewis, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania);
and Mary, b. 6 i-mo., 1716, d. 22 8-mo., 1760, m. at Kennett,
Joshua Pusey, 29 8-mo., 1734 (issue). The eldest son :

Robert Lewis, member of the Assemby from the County
of Chester (1745-46), b. 21 i-mo., 1714; m. at Concord, 23
3-mo., 1733, Mary Pyle; he d. in the 77th year of his age,
and was buried 13 4-mo., 1790, will proved at Philadelphia
September 18, said year. She was b. in 17 14; d. 26 6-mo.,
1782. Mr. Lewis established his family in Philadelphia, where
he long lived, using his inherited fortune in mercantile pur-
suits. His wife, the aforesaid Mary, was the daughter of Wil-
liam Pyle, of Thornbury, Chester County, a member of the
Assembly and a Justice of the Courts. Mr. Lewis had issue
by his said wife, five children, viz.: Ellis, Nathaniel, Robert,
William and Phoebe, with seven others1. Of these twelve the
eldest son :

'Of these five, Ellis, the eldest, married and left issue as already stated ; Na-
thaniel m. Lucy Lawrence and had issue ; Robert m. Frances Swift and has issue
as shown in Note B, p. 10 a ; William m. Rachel Wharton (issue) ; Phoebe m.
1st, Samuel Morton, and 2ndly, James Pemberton. Beside these five children,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis had seven others; viz. . Eli, b. 6 m. 3, 1735 ; Eliza-
beth, b. 10-mo. 7, 1736; Mary, b. 5-mo. 24, 1739, d. 3-mo. 4, 1794; William
(1st), b. 11-mo. 26, 1742-3; Lydia, b. 12-month 5, 1745-6; Joshua, b. 10-mo.
29, 1749; Ann, b. 12-mo. 26, 1753.

238 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Ellis Lewis (b. July 15, 1734; d. Philadelphia 24 7-mo.,
1776) m. 1st, Hannah Miller (issue, a dau.1), and 2ndly, Mary,
dau. of David Deshler, of Philadelphia. This last marriage
took place on the 16th of June, 1763, and by it he had the
four following children : David, Robert, Phoebe and Esther.
Besides a country place, or " plantation," Mr. Lewis possessed
as his town residence, the noted " Great House" or " Gov-
ernors' House," as it was called, it having been the abode of
several rulers of the Province, including William Penn. It
was built in 1693, by Mayor Shippen. Of the four2 children,
above mentioned, the eldest son was :

David Lewis, of Springbrook, and of Philadelphia (b. July
9, 1776; d. August 28, 1840). He married on May 22, 1794
(Bishop White officiating), Mary, dau. of Colonel Thomas
Darch3, of Pine Hill, near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, but formerly
of Netherclay House4, County Somerset, England. By this
marriage Mr. Lewis's family was restored to the Anglican
Church, after a separation of more than a century. An active
and public-spirited man, Mr. Lewis early became a member of
the well known mercantile firm of Wharton & Lewis, Presi-
dent of the Phoenix Insurance Company, and, as a commis-
sioned officer, he served in the suppression of the Western In-
surrection of 1794, making the march of seven hundred miles,
to and from Pittsburg.

'Issue by Ellis Lewis's first marriage with Hannah Miller; to wit : a daugh-
ter, named Mary, who m. William Green.

20f the four children mentioned of Ellis Lewis by his second wife, Mary
Deshler, David m. as stated ; Robert m. Sarah Fish ; Phoebe m. Robert Wain,
member of Congress from Philadelphia City, in 1798; Hester, or Esther, m.
George Eddy.

sColonel Darch bore : Gules, three arches argent ; impaling, per chevron
embattled or and azure, three eagles displayed counter-changed (Manley, his wife
being Joan, a daughter of that family). Crest : A dove, holding an olive branch
in its beak, proper. Motto : Ubi libertas, ibi patria. Of Col. Darch's two sons,
Edmund died a prisoner in France ; the other, Thomas, Private Secretary to the
Lords of the Admiralty, left a son, Henry Darch, Esq., Collector of Launceton,
Van Diemen's Land.

'Netherclay House, in the parish of Bishop's Hull, near Taunton. Accord-
ing to the " List of Principal Seats in Somersetshire," given in Kelly's Directory
of the county, Netherclay was, in 1889, the residence of Major-General John
Thomas Leishman, R. A.

Ellis Lewis and His Descendants. 239

Upon the threatened war with France, in 1798, he sought
and received the appointment of Lieutenant in a company of
infantry accepted for service by President Adams, as the first
had been by Washington. The commission from Mr. Adams
now rests, very peaceably, along with one from that Presi-
dent's old enemy, Lord North, appointing Mr. Lewis's father-
in-law, Thomas Darch, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Earl oi
Cork's regiment of Somerset Militia, in 1787. By his wife,
who died June 9th, 18 19, in her forty-eighth year, Mr. Lewis
had ten children, as follows : George, died without issue ; Ellis,
whose male line is now extinct ; David, by whom the line is
continued, as shown below ; Thomas, Edmund and Mary died
unmarried ; Sarah, Phoebe, Elizabeth and Anne Wharton.

David Lewis, of Philadelphia, now the sole surviving
child of the above mentioned David Lewis1, by his wife, Mary,
was born at his father's country place of Springbrook, on the
Delaware, September 4th, in the year 18 . As before stated,
he is the head of the family by right of seniority in male de-
scent, being, as shown, the oldest surviving son of the oldest
surviving male line. Mr. Lewis has long retired to private
life, but, in past years, he was an active man of affairs, serving
on the boards of several corporations and being the secretary
of the Mutual Assurance Company, a Director in the Phila-
delphia Library, and one of the Trustees of the University of
Pennsylvania. On May 5th, 1825, he was married (by the
Rev. Dr. DeLancey, Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's)

•Of the ten children of David and Mary Lewis, George, Thomas, Edmund
and Mary died unmarried ; Elizabeth married William Redwood Fisher, but left
no issue ; Ellis (of the Bar of Philadelphia) m. Hester, dau. of Samuel Fowel
Griffitts, M. D., of the said city, and had a son (David) who died, unmarried and
without issue, in his father's lifetime, and two daughters, viz. : Mary and Camilla
now living (1893), and another (Emma) who died unmarried. The remaining
four, viz. : Sarah, m. John Wocherer but left no issue, his daughter Ellen Glen
being the child of his first wife, Frances, the dau. of James Glen, M. D., of Sa-
vannah, Georgia, by the lalter's wife, Mary, dau. of Robert, son of Robert, son of
Ellis Lewis and Elizabeth Newlin, of this pedigree ; Phoebe, m. the Rev. John
Clemson, D» D. (issue) : Anne Wharton, m. Edward Jones Glen, M. D., and left
issue, with others, Frances, the wife of Edwin Rowland Warrington, of Philadel-
phia : David the head of the family in line male, whose pedigree is here traced.
As Mrs. Warrington's father was the son of the Dr. James Glen, of Savannah,
mentioned above, it is evident that she has two lines of descent from the Lewis
family.

240 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

to Camilla, daughter of William Phillips, of Riversdale, Esq1.,
and also of Philadelphia. By this lady, who died at the latter
place on July the 21st, 1887, in her 34th year, he had the fol-
lowing five children, who now (1893) survive (one other,
Frank, having died in infancy) : William Phillips, Edmund
Darch, Clifford, Anna Phillips and Mary Darch.

Note. — Joseph E. Gillingham, Esq., of Villa Nova, Pennsylvania, is a lineal
descendant of Ellis Lewis. Owing to his continued absence in Europe, the author
was unable to obtain accurate particulars regarding his branch of the family. If
the same are obtained in time, they will be found in the Appendix.

'Of the five surviving children of David and Camilla Lewis, mentioned on
page n, William Phillips Lewis, D. D., m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel L. Shober, by
bis wife, Mary : Edmund Darch Lewis, unm. : Clifford Lewis, m. Ella Eugenia,
dau. of William Burr Nash Cozens, by his wife, Henrietta, and has David Lewis,
Clifford Lewis, William Burr Nash Lewis, and one daughter, Eleanor Lewis ;
Anna Phillips Lewis, m. 1st Samuel Emlen Randolph, and 2ndly Samuel Welsh ;
issue (by first marriage only), Philip Syng Pbysick Randolph, m. to Hannah, dau.
of Ferdinand L. Fetherston, by his wife, Emily : Mary Darch Lewis, m. Philip
Syng Physick Conner, the tracer of this pedigree, and has Camilla Conner, the
wife of Arthur Hale, eldest son of the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., of
Boston ; and Edward Conner, married to Frances Marie, dau. of the said Mr. and
Mrs. Fetherston. With the exception of Dr. Hale, all of the above mentioned
persons are, or were, of Philadelphia. Riversdale, Mr. Phillips's country-seat, was
situated on the Delaware, some miles above Philadelphia ; his town-house was at
the southeast corner of Spruce and Eleventh streets, in the said city. He bore :
Azure, on a chevron engrailed or three falcons' heads erased of the field. Crest :
A demi-lion rampant, proper.

THE HUMPHREYS FAMILY.

There were few Cymric families of Pennsylvania de-
scended from better stock than the Humphreys. In Colonial
times the name was frequently written both Humphrey and
Humphreys, and in Wales the spelling Humffrey was com-
monly, but not always, used.

There were several branches of this family in the Welsh
Tract. The family long settled on the site of the central part
of what is now Bryn Mawr, formerly Humphreysville, and
whose house, a fine old Colonial dwelling, is still standing
near the College Grounds, was descended from Benjamin
Humphrey, son of Samuel Humphrey1, of Wales, whilst the
Humphreys, of Haverford, come from Daniel Humphrey, the
elder brother of Benjamin. At the time of the first settlement
a very large part of Merion was held by the representatives of
this family. John Humphreys, who died childless, and after
him his nephew, Benjamin, certainly held a large part of the
present Bryn Mawr, whilst Benjamin, after the death of his
kinsman, Thomas John Thomas, inherited a large tract of land
to the east, lying to the northward of the present Montgomery
avenue at Haverford station, several hundred acres in all.
Directly northwest of the Humphrey tract was old Bryn
Mawr, now " Harriton," six hundred acres, belonging to
Rowland Ellis, nephew to John Humphrey. Living alongside
John Humphreys was his nephew, Joshua Owen2, son of Owen
Humphrey, of Llwyn-du, whilst between the present Ardmore
and Wynnewood stations, to the northwest and southeast of
Montgomery avenue, was the four hundred and fifty acre plan-
tation of Robert Owen, son-in-law to Owen Humphrey, and
north of and adjoining his land was the property of John

'The children of Samuel Humphrey at first called themselves " Samuel" ac-
cording to the " modo wallico," or Cymric system of surnames. After 1678 they
assumed the surname of Humphreys.

2His brother John lived near by.

w. T. — 31.

242 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Roberts, called " Wayn Mill," now Mill creek, at the conjunc-
tion of Mill Creek road and the old Gulph road, being about
five hundred acres in all. So that the Humphrey family and
its branches held some 1,900 acres of land in the upper part
of Merion (but not Upper Merion), comprising the present
towns of Bryn Mawr, North Haverford, North Ardmore, Mill
Creek, and the land north of Wynnwood.

The earlier lineage of this family is given in the ancient
pedigree by Rowland Ellis, reproduced on another page1. The
line is there given in the direct male descent from one Gronwy,
who must have been born circa 1480, to Humphrey ap Hugh
(of Llwyn-du), who was father to Owen Humphrey, John
Humphrey and Samuel Humphrey, and also Anne, who mar-
ried, in 1649, Ellis Price, and had Rowland Ellis.

Referring to the visitations of Wales made by Lewis
Dwnn2, who gives this male line of the Humphreys in the
Tal y Lyn pedigree3, we find another generation, namely
Einion, who Dwnn gives as the father of Gronwy, above men-
tioned, and who we may consider to have been born about the
year 14504.

From the title papers to the old Quaker grave-yard at
Llwyngwrill, we find that the estate called Llwyn-du was " an
indefeasible estate of inheritance," and had, therefore, in all pro-
bability descended from this Gronwy ap Einion or his son How-
ell to Humphrey ap Hugh, who held it so late as 1662s. There-
fore, it is very evident that to find the ancestors of Gronwy ap
Einion it is necessary to ascertain the owners of the " ancient
capital messuage6" called Llwyn-du, in the township of Llwyn-

■See article on Rowland Ellis.

"He was Deputy Herald, by Patent under seal of Clarenceux and Norroy
Kings at Arms.

3Dwnn, II., p. 252, 1603; we give the pedigree on another page of this
article.

<In making this estimation 30 years was allowed as an average generation.
This, however, cannot be absolutely relied upon in all cases, as there are many
exceptions to this rule.

SDiary of Richard Davies.

'Article on Quaker Burial Ground, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire Col-
lections. In this article a clerical error makes Owen Humphrey the possessor of
Llwyn-du in 1646, instead of 1664, which is the date the graveyard was donated.

The Humphreys Family. 243

gwrill and parish of Llangelynin, in the Comot of Talybont,
Merionethshire, about and prior to the year 1 500, Einion hav-
ing been born, according to estimation, circa 1450, as we have
seen. Unfortunately early Welsh titles are exceedingly diffi-
cult to trace, but from another pedigree by Dwnn1 we learn
that about the time mentioned one Gronwy ap Einion ap
Howell held a large part of Llwyngwrill and neighborhood.
He was descended from Ednowain ap Bradwen, and would
seem at first sight to have been the same person as the Gronwy
ap Einion, of Llwyngwrill, mentioned in the pedigree of Row-
land Ellis and in the visitation by Dwnn.

Let us, however, examine into the title of the Llwyn-du
property so far as the imperfect records will permit. The first
person mentioned in the title is Ednowen ap Bradwen. Of him
a good account is given in manuscript of the middle of the 17th
century2. This paper, probably a copy of Vaughan of Hen-
gwrt's work, says : " Ednowen ap Bradwen is by many writers
called Lord of Merionydd, but I apprehend erroneously, as
the Princes and their issue were always Lords of Merionydd.
Yet certain it is that he and his issue were pos-
sessed of all Talybont save Nanney and the

Princes' demesnes. He is presumed to have been alive 1 1 373,
though some question if he lived quite so early, without I
think any ground for their assertion, for this date is in accord-
ance with facts." That the possessions of Ednowen included,
therefore, Llwyn-du, in Llwyngwrill, in which the Princes and
their issue do not appear to have had any demesne, cannot be
questioned, nor can it be doubted that the property descended,
being as we have seen an indefeasible estate of inheritance,
directly from Ednowain to Humphrey ap Hugh. The only
question now is, How did it descend4 ?

"Dwnn, II., 278, Powys Fadog, Peniarth.

2Dwnn, Powys Fadog, Cambrian Register.

3He bore, Gales, 3 snakes, nowed, argent.

*The editor wrote several times, daring the past ten years to the present
owners of Llwyn-du, asking for information from their title papers, there being no
provision in England for the recording of deeds. If these letters ever reached
their destination no notice was taken of them. It is hoped that some information
may yet be received from this source.

244 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

We find that Ednowain's possessions1, particularly in
Llwyngwrill and neighborhood, came to his descendant,
Llewelyn ap Tudor, who died prior to the 7th year of Henry
V. In that year a part of Llwyngwrill was held by the grand-
sons of Llewelyn, to wit : " Eig'n" (alias Ednyfed) ap Aaron,
and Gruffydd ap Aaron1. It appears of record that this Eig-
nion or Ednyfed (who are held by some to have been the same
person, and by others to have been brothers, because the extent
sets forth that there were other children of Aaron heirs to
Llwyngwrill3) had two sons, Gruffydd, who was Raglor of
Talybont in 145 24, and Howell, living circa 1450, who seems
to have held a part of Llwyngwrill. He had issue Einion,
born circa 14505, who had Gronwy ap Einion6, born circa 1480,
who, as we have said, might be considered on very good
grounds to have been identical with Gronwy ap Einion of the
same township1, whose issue held Llwyn-du, which had un-
questionably been the property of the former's ancestor, Aaron
ap Ednyfed8, of the line of Ednowain, the owner of all of Taly-
bont in the 12th century?.

Unfortunately for this line of argument, however, it has
been definitely ascertained that the Llwyn-du property de-
scended to Humphrey ap Hugh (1662) from Ednowain ap

'Cambrian Register, 1796.

3Records of Caernarvon, which include the extentof the County-of Merioneth,
taken in the 7th year of Henry V., and which mention a " wele," called " wele "
" Nyrion Llywelyn ap Tudor," the domicile of the grandchildren of Llewelyn ap
Tudor, and that the freeholders of the said " wele " were ; Eig'n (alias Ednyfed)
ap Aron, Gruff ap Aron, and others. A wele, says Wotton, " seems to have been
an estate, descending to child, or children, of the same common stock."

sRecords of Caernarvon. Extent of Merioneth.

*Powys Fodog, Peniarth.

sDwnn, II., 278, etc. Powys Fadog.

6Ibid.

'MS. Rowland Ellis ; Dwnn, II., 252.

8Records of Caernarvon. Extent of Merioneth. Vill Llwyn Gwrill.

9lt is worthy of note that almost all of the lands of Llangelynin and Llaner-
grin continued in the possession of the descendants of Aaron, except a part which
the antiquary Vaughan of Hengwrt claims was sold to Cadwgan ap Ievan, a gen-
tleman of South Wales, who had married a daughter of David ap Ievan, of Gwyd-
delvynnydd, Merionethshire, a descendant of this person, one Einion, of Taly-
bont, temp, of Henry VI., was confused by some with Einion ap Howell, but the
investigation of the late Sir S. Rush Meyrick seems to have settled this question.

The Humphreys Family. 245

Bradwen through an heiress, and that Gronwy ap Einion, with
whom our pedigree begins, was descended in the male line
from Callwyn ap Tagno, Lord of Llyn, one of those descend-
ants, married an heiress descended from Ednowen ap Brad-
wen, thus bringing the Llwyn-du property into the possession
of the ancestors of Humphrey ap Hugh.

Which of the generations given, formed this alliance can-
not now be determined, but that it was prior to the marriage
of David ap Howell (born circa 1 540) with Mary, daughter of
Hugh ap John, of Tal y Llwyn, seems clear.

The above information was brought to light by the dis-
covery of a seal used by John Humphreys (or Humphrey),
brother to Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du. This seal, used
before 1691, bears the arms of Collwyn ap Tangno, of Llyn
(a chevron inter 3 fleur-de-lys), in the first and fourth quarter,
and the arms of Ednowain ap Bradwen (the three snakes
nowed), in the second and fourth quarter. This seal is attached
to a document signed by a number of settlers in the Welsh
Tract, but written, directed and sealed by John Humphreys.
The ownership of these arms was further confirmed by the ex-
amination of other documents.

Leaving the earlier portion of this pedigree, however,
entirely out of the question, we commence the Humphrey
genealogy with :

Einion was probably born circa 1450. He had a son :

Gronwy ap Einion, who had :

Howell, who had :

David ap Howell, of Llwyngwrill, Talybont, born circa
1540, who married Mary, daughter of Hugh ap John, of Tal
y Llyn1, a parish in the Union of Dolgelly, in the comot of
of Estimaner, Merionethshire, eight miles southwest of Dol-
gelly Town. Hugh ap John was the son of John ap Mere-
dith ap David ap Ievan ap Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth,
tn Montgomeryshire (mentioned in grant of 7 Henry V., but
it is perhaps doubtful if he was alive in that year), ap Einion

'MS. of Rowland Ellis, 1696.

246 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

ap Celynin (living 14 Edward III., 1340) ap Celynin ap Ririd
ap Cynddelw ap Ierworth ap Gwrgeney ap Uchdryd ap Aleth,
Prince of Dyfed. Arms : "Arvan rhain yw'r bwch gwyn dans
ei defians of molet." [Dwnn II., p. 252.] Hugh ap Hugh,
brother of Mary, was living 1603. The family of Tal y Llyn,
descended by its various alliances, from Griffith Derwas, of
Nannau, of the line of Meuric ap Ynyr Vychan, whose tomb
in Dolgelly Church has been described; from Iorwerth ap
Adda, of Dolgoch, from the Princes of Powys and many other
noble families of Wales. David ap Howell had1 by Mary
(Mali), his wife :

Hugh ap David, of Llwyngwrill, who married Catherine,
daughter of John (Sion) ap Rhydderch, of Abergynolwyn.
According to some characters preserved by descendants in
Wales, this family of Abergynolwyn appears to be traceable
to about 1400, or earlier. (See Pvgh of Cwmllow, Montg.
Colls.)

This couple had issue :

Humphrey ap Hugh, of whom presently.

John ap Hugh, living 1 January, 1649, at which time he
was witness to marriage contract. He had David John ap
Hugh, of age at that time (1649).

David ap Hugh Goch, living, 1636'.

Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyngrill ; he signed the mar-
riage settlement of his daughter, Anne, who espoused Ellis
Price (father of Rowland Ellis), 1 January, 1649, and was liv-
ing at Llwyn-du in 1662. He died there circa 1664, having
married circa 1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John Powel (alias
John ap Howell), of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire. John
Powell, alias John ap Howell Goch, of Gadfa, was buried in
the Church of Llanwddyn, 24 July, 1636. His wife was Sibill,
daughter of Hugh Gwyn, of Penarth, High Sheriff of Caer-

"John William, thought to have been identical with John William ap Hum-
phrey is believed to have been of this family.

2See Subsidy Roll, Merionethshire, being the 3d Subsidy of 1636, Cambrian
Magazine, Vol. III. He is thought to have died s. p. before 1649, and may have
been the eldest son, in which case the property would have gone to Humphrey
ap Hugh.

The Humphreys Family. 247

naronshire, 1600, descended from Sir William Griffith, of Pen-
rhyn, the Herberts of Raglan, and from Edward I. and Ed-
ward III., Kings of England. The wife of Hugh Gwyn was
Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, in Anglesey,
High Sheriff of Anglesey, 15 79-80, who died 1613; descended
from Merick ap Llewelyn ap Halkin, of Bodeon, 8th in de-
scent from Hava, son of Kundhelw, Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon,
living 1 150.

Humphrey ap Hugh had by Elizabeth, his wife :

1. Owen Humphrey.

2. John Humphrey, m. Jane, sister of Richard Hum-
phrey1.

3. Samuel Humphrey, m. Elizabeth Rees.

4. Ann Humphrey, m. Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, 1649,
and had other daughters.

Rowland Ellis, of Bryn Mawr, born 1650.

'John Humphreys, son of Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn-du, married his

cousin, Jane, daughter of Humphrey , and sister to Richard Humphrey, of

the same parish (i. e. Llangelyrin, Merionethshire). As this Richard Humphrey
had brothers, John and Owen Humphrey, and was also cousin to the Humphreys
of Llwyn-du, the genealogical tangle resulting is exceedingly confusing. The
following facts may assist to elucidate it. Richard Humphrey, of the parish of
Llangelynin, Merionethshire, was grantee in a deed dated 30 July, 1682, for 156
acres of land in the Province of Pennsylvania, which were subsequently surveyed
to him in Radnor Township. He came to the Province in 1683 ; his certificate
of removal being dated 5th mo. 27, 1683. His will is dated 12th month 2, 1691,
and proved at Philadelphia 18th of 12th month, 1692-3. He bequeathes his
plantation to " my brother in law John Humphreys." " Item I give and bequeath
Four pounds to be sent to the Land of my nativity to be disposed as followeth,
viz. : one pound of English money to my brother John Humphrey, & one pound
to my brother Owen Humphrey, & one pound to my cousin John Owen, & one
pound to my sister Katherine or her children." " Item I give and bequeath to
Lydia Ellis Two pounds, to Ann Humphrey Two pounds, to Daniel Humphrey
two pounds, to Benjamin Humphrey two pounds, to Joseph Humphrey two
pounds. Bequests to cousin Alika Humphrey. John Humphrey, his brother-in-
law, Executor. The witnesses are : Theodore Roberts, Benjamin Humphrey and
Rowland Ellis. John Humphrey, the Executor, and to whom the plantation was
devised, sold the land soon after." (See former records of land titles of Richard
Davies Company.) It may be mentioned that John Humphrey in this narrative of
his and others sufferings mentions that his wife, Jane, before she was married, re-
sided in the same parish, or very near him, and near Llwyn du, in Llangelyn.
This was before John Humphrey removed to Llanwddyn Parish, in Montgomery-
shire, near to his maternal cousins, Thomas John ap Thomas and John Howell
and others. (See Historical Collections of Gwynedd, by Howard M. Jenkins.)
This is a good example of the confusion arising from the Welsh system of sur-
names.

248 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Owen Humphrey, eldest son and heir of Humphrey ap
Hugh, of Llwyn-du, was born circa 1625, and died prior to
1699.1 He was, it is stated, an officer under Oliver Cromwell,

and he served
as a Justice of
the Peace for
Merioneth-
shire under

the Protectorate. He was amongst the first in Wales to join
the Quakers, and his name is of very frequent occurrence in
Besse's " Sufferings of Friends!' In 1662, having with his
brother Samuel " refused to pay a demand for tithes," he was
prosecuted in the Sheriff's Court, and execution was awarded
against him, by which his cattle were seized."

After his father's decease, in 1664-1665, he became seized
in the " ancient demesne lands of Llwyn-du," and deeded
thereupon a lot of ground for a burial place for ,the Cymric
Friends, as did Lewis Owen, his kinsman, of Tyddyn y Gar-
reg, a part of his estate, the lands adjoining.

Llwyn-du had, as we have seen, been the ancestral estate
for many generations. The title papers relating to the gift of
the burial lot recites that : " Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du,
in Llwyn Gwrill, in the said county [Merionethshire], Esquire,
now long since deceased, was in his life time (that is to say),
in the year 1646 [should be 1664], seized in his demesne of a
good and indefeasible estate of inheritance of and in that
ancient capital Messuage, Tenement and Lands called Llwyn-
du." In 1678* he signed the marriage certificate, and also the
marriage settlement of his daughter, Rebecca, and Robert
Owen, of Fron Goch (Vron Goch), and he signed numerous
certificates of removal for persons coming from Wales to Penn-
sylvania, between the years 1683-1690.3 He is mentioned in
the will of his brother, John Humphrey,4 who died in Penn-

'Willof John Humphreys, Will Book B., p. 65. Reg. Wills, Phila.
'Original Document produced. See copy, and fac simile Owen article.
sFriends Records — Certificates of Removal, Merion, Radnor and Haver-
ford, Mtg.

<Will John Humphreys, dated 22, 7mo., 1699. Proved 31 Aug., 1700.

The Humphreys Family. 249

sylvania 1 701, as then deceased. Of the children of Owen
Humphrey, John, Joshua, Elizabeth and Rebecca (then wife
of Robert Owen), removed to Pennsylvania. His eldest son
Humphrey Owen Humphrey, inherited the estate.

Owen Humphrey, having been very frequently heavily
fined (on one occasion to the amount of ,£20 for praying at a
meeting), it is believed that he left little personal estate, in fact
what little money he had remaining he lent freely to Friends
going to Pennsylvania, as appears of record, much of which
he doubtless never recovered. He married, it is thought, twice.
All of his children were by his first wife, and were :

1. Humphrey Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du [vide
Deed in re. Tyddyn-y-Garreg Burial Ground, Montg. Colls.]

2. John Owen ; removed to Pennsylvania 16831.

3. Rowland Owen ; his name appears attached as a wit-
ness to the marriage certificate of 1678, and to other docu-
ments.

4. Joshua Owen ; he removed to Pennsylvania in 1683,
bringing with him a certificate of removal from meeting held
at Tyddyn y Garreg, describing him as " late of Llwyn-du."
He signs with near relatives of the Owens in marriage certifi-
cates in Pennsylvania. He married Martha Shinn, and went
to live in Burlington county, New Jersey, where he was living
in 1739 with Rowland and Robert Ellis.

5. Owen Owen, mentioned as of Llwyn-du in minutes
of Montgomeryshire Meeting.2

■John Owen is mentioned in Certificate of Removal as " ye 2nd son of Owen
Humphrey of Llwyn-du."

2 A memorandum that I, Mary Davies, of Llandloes, received of Caleb Iurchee
a sum of money at the yearly meeting, in JBuilth, in Radnorshire, to convey for
Owen Owen, of Llwyn-du, in Merionethshire, and Humphrey Humphreys, of
Lloydyarthfach in Montgomeryshire, to pay for repairing the meeting house and
graveyard at Caiye Bychen, in Llanwthin (Llanwddyn), and Humphrey Humph-
reys gave the door-frame, door and hinges, at his own expense, at the time that I,
Mary Davies, did live with Humphrey Humphreys, at Lloydyarthfach.

The mark of
MARY (M.) DAVIES.
Witness— David Owen.

Record loth Monthly Mtg.

Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, 1713. Montgomery Collections, XI., p. 123.

w. T. — 32.

250

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

6. Rebecca Owen, m. 1678, Robert Owen, of Fron
Goch, Merionethshire, " gentleman," and is mentioned in the
marriage certificate as " eldest daughter of Owen Humphrey,
of Llwyn-du."

7. Elizabeth Owen ; removed to Pennsylvania, with her
brother, John Owen, and m. in Pennsylvania, John Roberts,
of Pen y Chwd, Denbighshire.

Children of Samuel Humphrey and Elizabeth Rees :

1 . Daniel, m . 1 695 , Hannah Wynne, daughter of Thomas

Joseph.

Anne, m. Edward Roberts, son of Hugh Roberts,

Wynne.
2.

3-
1699.

4. Benjamin, m. 1694, Mary Llewelyn, dau. Morris
Llewelyn, 1694.

5. Lydia, m. Ellis Ellis, son of Thomas Ells, who d.
1706.

6. Gobitha, d. 1687.

7. Rebecca, m. 17x3, Edward Rees, of Merion (his 2nd
wife, see Price).

8. Elizabeth, m., 1693, Thomas Abel.

Children of Daniel Humphrey and Hannah Wynne :
1. Samuel, b. 6-mo. 3, 1696.

2
3
4
5
6.

7-
8

9
10.
11
12
13

Thomas, b. 4-mo. 20, 1697.
Jonathan, b. 7-mo. 9, 1698 ; m. Sarah
Hannah, b. 11 -mo. 7, 1699.
Benjamin, b. 11-mo. 7, 1701-2.
Elizabeth, b. 8-mo. 16, 1703.
Mary, b. 12-mo. 10, 1704-5.
Solomon, b. 10-mo. 16, 1706.
Joshua, b. i-mo. 10, 1707-8.
Edward, b. 12-mo. 28, 1709.
Martha, b. 9-mo. 9, 171 1.
Charles, b. 7-mo. 19, 17 14.
Rebecca, b. 10-mo. 2, 17 16.

The Humphreys Family. 251

Children of Benjamin Humphrey and Mary Llewelyn :

1. John, b. 7-mo. 8, 1695.

2. Joseph, b. 1 1 -mo. 11, 1697.

3. David, b. 2-mo. 6, 1703.

4. Ann, b. 5-mo. 24, 1708 ; m. Gerrad Jones, son of
Robert, of Merion, 10-mo. 23, 1742.

5- Owen, b. 11-mo. 27, 1713 ; Sarah Hughes, widow of
John, of Haverford, 7-mo. 29, 1738.

6. Elizabeth, m. John Scarlet, s. John, of Robeson town-
ship, Lancaster County, 1741.

The descendants of Benjamin Humphrey continued to re-
side at the present Bryn Mawr, Merion, and at the present
time their descendants live in the neighborhood. There are
also many descendants of Daniel Humphrey, but limited space
prevents us from extending this genealogy. It may be men-
tioned that Joshua Humphreys, called the " Father of the
American Navy," and General Humphreys were descendants
of this family.

THE ARMS OP JOHN CADWALADKR, 1697.*
Gules, a lion rampant argent, armed aad langued Azure.

CADWALADER, OF MERION, AND AFTERWARDS
OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

[The main facts in this genealogy are drawn from an ancient MS. pedigree on
parchment, made out under the supervision of John ap Thomas, uncle to John
Cadwalader, in the year 1682 ; from the Visitations of North Wales, taken 1585—
1603, by Lewis Dwnn, Deputy Herald ; from wills in the District Registry of the
St. Asaph Court of Probate, Wales, and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and from
family papers and documents. For details regarding the old MS. pedigree see
Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. IV.]

Marchweithian, Lord of Is-Aled ; he =

had his castle at Llyweni. His arms | A

lThe arms given here are from a seal used by the family In 1682 ; from a M8.
pedigree of that date, and from the Herald's Visitations of W ales, wherein these
arms are recorded as those of this family. They were very generally borne by the
descendants of Marchweithian, Lord of ls-Aled (Isaled), in Merionethshire. The
coat lately blazoned as that of the Cadwalader family, of Philadelphia, and now
used by someof the descendants of John Cadwalader, are totally without authority
for their use. They are the arms fancifully attributed to an early British Prince
by name of Cadwalader, who lived some centuries before Heraldry was known as
an exact science, and they were, doubtless, appropriated by the Cadwalader fam-
ily at the suggestion ol some person totally Ignorant of Heraldry, and unacquaint-
ed with the genealogy of the family. In spite of a protest and explanation made
by the author in the Philadelphia Press, the arms have been reproduced in
several works on American Heraldry. The name of Cadwalader, or Cadwallader,
Is a Cymric Christian name, and a very common one in Wales, and, as will ao-
pear in the following pedigree, was first assumed as a surname by this family, by
John Cadwalader, son of Cadwalader Thomas, ap Hugh of Wern Fawr, Merlon-
etbshBbire, gentleman. One of the seals above mentioned was attached to the
will of John Thomas, of Llaithgwn, 1682, but has lately been lost.

Cadwalader, of Merion, 253

were : Gules, a Hon rampant, argent,
armed and langued Azure.

Marchwystle, Lord of Is-Aled. =
I

Ystrwvth ap Marchwystle. =

Tango ap Ystrwyth ; his bouse =
was on the top of Fron Fawr. |

Tyfyd Farfsych, 2nd son ; was of =
Carwedd Fynydd. I

Helin Gloff, of Carwedd Fynydd. = Nest, dau. of Cadwgan ap
(i. e. Helin the lame.) I Lowarcb ap Bran, Lord of

I Cwmwd Menai.

Llywarch ap Heilin, of Carwedd = Gwenllian, dau. of Madog
Fynydd. I ap Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of

I Penllyn. (See another page.)

Cynwrig ap Llywarch, of Carwedd = Dyddgu, dau. of Cadwgan
Fynydd. ___^_ | ap Ednyfed, of Llys Llywarch.

Einion ap Cynwrig, 2nd son of =
Cerrig y Drudion, in the County I
of Denbigh, North Wales. (

David ap Einion, of Caer y =
Drudion (called also Kerrig I
and Cerrig y Drudion).

Ievan Ddu (Evan the black-haired), of =
Cerrig y Drudion.

Ievan Goch (Evan the red-haired) of = Gwenhwyfer, dau. of Thomas, ap

Cwm Pen Aner, in the parish of Cerrig
y Drudion, in the County of Denbigh.
(" Of Bryammer in the Parish of Ker-
rig y Drudion, and County Denbigh "
MS. pedigree by Jno ap TAomas.)

David Gam (having one eye). Sir
David Gam was slain at Agmcourt,
Knighted by Henry V., in 1415, as
his last breath was escaping, on the
field of battle.

Rhys ap Ievan G6ch. = = Griffith ap Ievan G6ch.
I I

Tudor ap Rhys. = = Robert ap Griffith.

1 I

Rhys Goch ap Tudor. = Catherine, who m.

I Thomas Lloyd, of Gwern

I A y Brechtwn, and had

254

Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Ievan ap Rhys G6ch. = a

Hugh ap Ievan ap Rhys G5ch.

Mary Lloyd, who m.
Richard, of Tyddyn Ty-
fod, ancestor of Edward
Rees, alias Price, of Mer-
ion, Penna., 1682.

Thomas ap Hugh, of Wern Fawr,
in the parish of Llandderfel, in the
Comot of Penllyn, Merionethshire,
" gentleman "; died prior 1682. Will
proved at District Registry of the
Court of Probate, at St. Asaph,
North Wales.

[The undernamed John ap
Thomas is the person who made
out the old parchment pedigree,
above mentioned, in 1682. His
sons brought it with them to Mer-
ion, Pennsylvania, and a branch of
the family have since held it.]

Owen ap Hugh, of
Penllyn. He had
besides other issue :
Ellin, Elizabeth, m.
Thomas Andrews,
of Philadelphia,
1698 ; and Mably,
who m. Edward
Rees, alias Price, of
Merion, Penna.
(See that family.)

Daughter m.
Robert, and had
Thomas and Eliza-
beth Roberts.

Cadwalader Thomas,
of Penllyn, Mer., " gen-
tleman " ; died at
Wern Fawr, in the
parish of Llandderfel,
prior to 9 Feb., 1682 ;
he m. Ellen, 2nd
daughter of Owen ap
Evan, of Fron G6ch,
and had issue: I.
Thomas Cadwalader.

2. John Cadwalader.

3. Jane. 4. Katherine.
John Cadwalader, the
2nd son, removed to
Pennsylvania in 1697,
and settled in Merion
Township.

John ap Thomas, Hugh. Catherine

Elizabeth

of Llaefhgwm,

ra. Gaven

m. Maurice

Penllyn, Mer.,

Vaughan,

Edward,

" gentleman,"

of Hendre

of Cae

d. 1682, in Wales.

Mawr, and

Mor in

Will proved at

had Robert

Hafod

Philadelphia,

Vaughan.

Gynfor,

1688; hem.

and had

Katherine Robert,

Edward

and left issue :

Morris, of

Thomas, Robert,

Pare Eyton,

Cadwalader,

Denbigh-

Evan, Katherine,

shire.

Mary, Sidney.

The family re-

moved to Penna.

and settled in

Merion. See

Jones family,

of Merion, the

sons of John ap

Thomas having

assumed that sur-

Thomas ap Hugh, of Wern Fawr (see above pedigree), in
the parish of Llandderfel, in the Comot of Penllyn, Merioneth-
shire, " gentleman," was born near Bala, probably at Wern
Fawr, circa 1605-1610, and died some time prior to 1682, at
that place. His will is on file at the District Probate Registry
of St. Asaph, North Wales. His wife appears to have died
before him, as she is not named.

Cadwalader, of Met ion. 255

He mentions " my son Hugh Thomas," " my son John
Thomas," " my son Cadwalader Thomas," " my brother Owen
ap Hugh," " my granddaughter Sydney," " my son-in-law
Garsen (Garven or Gawen) Vaughan, and my daughter Cath-
erine, his wife." " My daughter Elizabeth and grandchild,
Edward Maurice," "my nephew Thomas ap Robert, and
niece, Elizabeth vch Robert." He appoints his son, Cadwala-
der Thomas, sole executor, and names as " overseers " of his
will " sons John Thomas and Hugh Thomas, and Maurice
Edward and Garven Vaughan," the latter his sons-in-law.

The places named in the will are : Cefn y fedw, Bettws,
Tydyn y Berth, and Penmaen.

Considerable information can be gathered from this will.
Garven Vaughan, who had married Catherine, one of the
daughters of Thomas ap Hugh, was the father of Robert
Vaughan, whose letters to his " aunt Katherine Robert," are
referred to elsewhere. Elizabeth, the other daughter, had mar-
ried Maurice ap Edward, of Cae Mor in Havod Gynfor [vide
Hist. Powys Fadog, I. Y.W. Lloyd, Vol. IV, pp. 107, 108].
Their son, Edward Maurice, writing under date of 3 Septem-
ber, 1692, from Eyton Park, Denbighshire, to Katherine
Robert, widow of John ap Thomas, in Pennsylvania (Merion),
calls himself " your loving nephew."

Thomas ap Hugh1 had issue :

'The issue of Thomas ap Hugh's brother, Owen ap Hugh, of Penllyn, have
been noted briefly in chart, and given elsewhere (see Price). It may, however,
be stated here that Elizabeth, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, came to Pennsylvania,
and married at Philadelphia meeting, 8mo. 25th, 1689, Thomas Andrews, of Phil-
adelphia, widower. He had a son by his first wife named Simon Andrews. The
will of Thomas Andrews is recorded at Philadelphia, Book A. p. 397. It is dated
imo 29, 1698 ; proved 20 April, 1698. His wife, Elizabeth Owen, outlived bim
until 1 718, when she died, leaving a will dated 4 October, 1718 ; proved at Phila-
delphia 7 January, 1718-19. Will Book D, p. 112. She leaves bequests to the
two daughters of " sister Ellin Owen, to be deposited in trust in the hands of
cousin Robert Vaughan, of Hendre Mawr, near Bala, Merionethshire." " To
cousin Robert, son of my sister Gwen [i. e., her sister-in-law], to his brothers
Hugh and Thomas, and his sisters Elizabeth and Grace." " To cousin Robert,
son of my brother Hugh (i. e., brother-in-law) and his sisters." " To Edward
Rees [Price], son of my nephew Rees, my sister Mably's son." " To Elizabeth,
daughter of cousin Thomas Jones, of Merion — Ann, daughter of his brother,
Robert Jones " — " Thomas Cadwalader, son of cousin John Cadwalader — Mary
and Rebecca, daughters of said cousin John (Cadwalader). Martha, daughter of
Rebecca Cadwalader." Executors: " Nephew Rees Prees " [Price], and "Cousins

^"•-^T&WkM

256 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1. Cadwalader Thomas, of Penllyn ; m. Ellin Owen ; of
whom presently.

2. John ap Thomas (alias John Thomas, of Llaithgwm,
Penllyn," gentleman") died in Wales 1682 ; will dated 9 Feb-
ruary, 1682 ; proved at Philadelphia, Penna., 1688. He m.
Katherine Robert and had issue several children, who all, ex-
cept the wife of Rees Evan, removed with their mother to

Pennsylvania and settled in Merion,
where they continued to reside, hav-
ing assumed, according to the modo
wallico, the name of Jones, by which surname their descend-
ants continue to be known to the present time. For an ac-
count of them see John ap Thomas.

3. Hugh Thomas, of Penllyn ; living circa 1680.

4. Catherine, m. " Garsen " (alias Gaven or Gawen)
Vaughan, and had Robert Vaughan, of Hendre Mawr, near
Bala, living 17 18 ; trustee of Elizabeth Andrews, of Philadel-
phia, Thomas Vaughan, and possibly other issue.

5. Elizabeth, m. Maurice ap Edward, of Cae Mor, and
had Edward Maurice, of Pare Eyton, Denbighshire.

Cadwalader Thomas, eldest son of Thomas ap Hugh, of
Wern Fawr, is usually designated as of the township of Kil-

talgarth, in Penllyn. Before

a
was

forced to relinquish his lease because he permitted Friends'
meetings to be held at his home, although his landlord was
his kinsman. He was a very considerable sufferer from the
persecution of the Quakers, and his death was caused by ex-
posure to cold on such an occasion.

His descendant, Charles E. Cadwalader, M. D., of Phila-
delphia, says of him : " His determined resistance and refusal
to yield the dictates of his own conscience under a severe

. . '--j — j & — — — r —

/fc Y« talgarth, in Penllyn. Befor

K2^&vlj2t{Z^$0777&f kis father's death he leased .
./ large farm here, and wa

Robert Jones and John Cadwalader, Trustees." The author is indebted for the
above data and for other particulars concerning this line to Howard Williams
Lloyd, Esq., and for many valuable manuscripts and information regarding the
family in Pennsylvania to Charles E. Cadwalader, M. D.

Cadwalader, of Merion.

257

persecution, would appear to have cost him his life. As in
the cases of Charles Lloyd, Thomas Lloyd, Robert Vaughan,
Hugh Roberts, Robert Owen and other members of the prin-
cipal families of North Wales, he was made an example of a
special prosecution by the Government." After repeated con-
fiscations of his property and imprisonments, he was again ar-
raigned, and refusing to take the oaths, the Judges of the
Circuit Court, by whom the commitment was made, had come
to the extraordinary determination that the prosecution should
be conducted under the statutes for High Treason and the
writ De Haeretico Comlurendo, the penalties under the latter
process not having been exercised since Queen Mary's time.
They declared in open court that the sentence for a second re-
fusal to take the prescribed oaths would be hanging and quar-
tering as traitors for the men, and burning for the women.

After a short interval Cadwalader Thomas was again
brought into court and the oaths tendered him, and being
again refused, though he made a " solemn declaration of his
allegiance to the King, and abhorrence of Popery," he was
remanded to close imprisonment and strictly kept as a " felon
or traitor, and during a very great frost
was not allowed the benefit of a fire-
place." It is said that a cold contracted
at this time hastened his death. He
died before February, 1682, having
married, some years before, Ellen (or
Ellin), daughter of Owen ap Evan, of
Fron Goch, near Bala, descended from
Trahairn Goch, of Llyn (see Owen
arms of trahairn gSch. Family), by whom he had issue1 :
1. Thomas Cadwalader.2

'In the Owen Genealogy it will be noted that his daughters are given, from
one authority, as Elizabeth, and Jane. The names here given are correct, and the
daughter Elizabeth, is probably an error for Katherine, unless there was another
daughter who died in infancy before 1682, at which date the above children, only,
were living.

^Thomas Cadwalader, who inherited the family estate, remained in Wales.
" He appears to have been an active and leading man from the frequency with
which his name appears in the Welsh Records and Memorials. Robert Vaughan,

W. T.— 33.

25 8 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

2. John Cadwalader, who removed to Pennsylvania in
1697; of whom presently.

3. Jane.

4. Katherine.

John Cadwalader,1 the eldest son of Cadwalader Thomas,
of Kiltalgarth (afterwards of Wern Fawr), and Ellen Owen, his

wife, daughter of Owen ap Evan, of Fron Goch, was born in
Penllyn, Merionethshire, circa 1677-8, and was sent to school
in Pembrokeshire, from which place he had a certificate of re-
moval to Pennsylvania in 1697. • His friends say of him : " We
have known him since the age of thirteen, he hath the repu-
tation of an apt scholar, and hath attained to as good a degree
of learning as any at the school. His demeanour has been
sober and innocent." He was cordially welcomed by his
kinsmen in Merion, where he at first settled, having decided

in one of his letters, written in 1703, speaks of his cousin, Thomas Cadwalader,
being on a visit to Dolobran, the homestead of Charles Lloyd, elder brother of
Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, and as being occupied there in
the translation of an English work into Welsh, which would seem to indicate that
he was of a literary turn of mind. Vaughan refers to him, in the same letter, as
engaged in the administration of the family estate." Charles E. Cadwalader, M.
D., of Philadelphia, informs the author that he has a number of letters of Thomas
Cadwalader and Robert Vaughan to John Cadwalader. It is to be regretted that
Dr. Cadwalader, up to the present writing, has been so much engaged as to pre-
vent an examination of these letters, which, doubtless, throw considerable light
upon the early Welsh.

x" A preacher among Friends, of the same name, very eminent in the early
religious history of the Province, died at Tortola, in the West Indies, while on a
religious visit to that place, A. D. 1742. A short memorial respecting him by
Abington Meeting, of which he was a member, may be found in ' Collections of
Memorials of Deceased Ministers' (Philad. 1786). A more extended notice of
him, and of his wife Margaret Cadwalader, is given in ' Memoirs of Friends,
eminent for piety and virtue, of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia, from the set-
tlement of the Colony to the present time (1770) ' by John Smith, of Burlington,
New Jersey."

Cadwalader, of Merion. 259

to open a school there. The writer has heard it stated that
whilst in Merion, he resided for a time in the Owen home,
during the minority of his cousin, Evan Owen. He was mar-
ried at Merion Meeting, 10-mo.
26, 1699, to Martha, daughter of
Dr. Edward Jones, of Merion, and
granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne. John Cadwalader re-
moved to Philadelphia, and in * m^
July, 1705,1 was admitted as a free- ffUW^n/2t-\
man of the city. In 17 18 he was
elected a member of the Common Council, and in 1729, a
member of the Provincial Assembly, which offices he con-
tinued to hold until his death, in 1733. He held many other
important positions, and was a useful and prominent citizen.
Unfortunately the scope of this work does not permit of a
more lengthy account of his services.

As several accounts of the descendants of John Cad-
walader have already appeared in print, particularly in Mr.
Keith's Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, and as ex-
tended biographical notices of the distinguished careers of the
several members of the family appeared lately in Contemporary
Biography, it is not considered necessary here to give a de-
tailed account of the various branches of the family, even if it
could be properly accomplished in the space allotted to this
article. John Cadwalader had, besides several children who
died in infancy, a son, Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, whose dis-
tinguished professional career, and services in the Provincial
Council, and subsequently, during the Revolution, are well
known. His sons, Gen. John and Col. Lambert Cadwalader,
served with especial distinction in the Revolutionary War, and
their descendants have continued to hold high positions in
military and civil life. Of John Cadwalader's daughters, Mary

XI should be inclined to doubt that he was admitted to the freedom of the city
so early as the date given were it not for the statement to that effect by Mr.
Charles P. Keith in his Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cadwalader
states that at the time of his removal to the city a fortune was left him by a rela-
tive, which enabled him to embark in mercantile pursuits. This must have been
from estates in Wales.

260 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

married, in 1731, Judge Samuel Dickinson, and became
mother of John Dickinson, who with his brother, Philemon,
are well known for their devotion to the cause of Independ-
ence.

Hannah, another daughter, married Samuel Morris, and
her sister, Rebecca, married William Morris, but died s. p.
Frances, daughter of General Cadwalader, married Lord Er-
skine, and from her are descended the present Duke of Port-
land, and the wife of Lord Archibald Campbell.

WYNNEWOOD AND THE WYNNES1.

To the right hand, as we ride westward in the fast ex-
press trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the name " Wynne-
wood " flashes on our vision. How did this name originate ?
It has an inviting sound, as of a cool retreat, as well as an aristo-
cratic ring. A roomy mansion, semi-colonial in style, occu-
pies a commanding position near the station. This is owned
by the wife of the late Colonel Owen Jones, who was a lineal
descendant of Dr. Edward Jones (see infra), whose wife was
Mary, a daughter of D*"- Thomas Wynne, the friend, associate
and physician of William Penn. The estate was named in re-
membrance of Dr. Wynne, and the station, Wynnewood, from
its location on the estate2.

Dr. Thomas Wynne was an interesting character. He was
born about the year 1630, in one of the northern counties of
Wales. The exact date and place of his birth are, however,
unknown. About the year 1655-7, in the time of the Com-
monwealth and during the Protectorate of Cromwell, he mar-
ried his first wife, Martha Buttall. At this period religous
feeling was intense. George Fox had started his movement
calling on the people " to give sincere and earnest heed to the
inner light — the light of Christ — which God had placed in
every human heart." There was also great independence in
religious thought, and the Buttalls were no exception to the
many minor families of England in affiliating themselves with
the Independents. They were identified with the town of
Wrexham. It was here that Noncomformity was preached as

•Prepared by Howard Williams Lloyd, Esq.

»It must not, however, be supposed that this property ever belonged to Dr.
^Thomas Wynne or to Dr. Edward Jones, his son-in-law. It was originally the
plantation of Robert Owen, and was sold by Evan Owen, son and heir of Robert,
to his brother-in-law, Jonathan, son of Dr. Edward Jones, from whom it descended
to the late Colonel Jones (see Jones). The family at a later date called the place
Wynnewood as explained by Mr. Lloyd. The northern half of this farm has been
long known as " St. Marys." T. A. G.

262 Metion in the Welsh Tract.

early as 1634. Walter Cradock, whose stay in Wrexham
lasted from October, 1634, to September, 1635, was the first
to expound the doctrines of Puritanism in that town. It was
in an atmosphere of this kind that Martha Buttall passed her
young days. In 1653 Morgan Lloyd, of Cynfael, then in
charge of the church at Wrexham, sent two of his members to
England to learn more about the Quakers. George Fox says
in his Journal : " When these triers came down among us the
power of the Lord overcame them and they were, both of
them, convinced of the truth. So they stayed some time with
us and then returned into Wales, where afterwards one of them
departed from his convincement, but the other, whose name
was John ap John, abode in the truth, and received a gift in the
ministry to which he continued faithful." It was this John ap
John who was afterwards associated with Dr. Wynne in the
purchase of large tracts of land in Pennsylvania. No doubt,
it was through his preaching and influence that Martha and
her husband became Quakers. Mention is made in " Besse's
Sufferings" of one Nathaniel Buttall, with Bryan Sixsmith,
Thomas Gwin [Wynne ?] and others " being met together in
their own hired house at Wrexham, taken to the Common
Goal at Writhen."1 This was in December, 1661.

Some members of the Buttall family settled in or near
London. One of these was Jonathan Buttall, of Battersea,
in the County of Surrey. He was a successful sugar baker or
manufacturer. In his will, dated 26th day of August, 1695,
proved at London, 19th of September, 1695, he left legacies
as follows : " To nurse Gunning ^20." " To Mr. William
Collins ^20," Mr. Edward Harrison, £10. " To my sister
Rebecca, £50. " " To the poor of the congregation to which
" I belong, ^20, to sister Abigail £$0. To my son Jonathan
"Buttall ;£iooo, my daughter Ann Buttall ^1000, my wife
" Sarah Buttall ^1600. To my son Samuel Buttall ^400, my
" wife to have the education of my said son and to put out the

J" A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers," &°c. Joseph
Besse.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 263

" said legacy at interest for his use. If the said Samuel die
" then my said wife shall have half the said legacy and the
" said Jonathan and Ann the other half. In case all my said
" children die, I give their said legacies amongst my relations
" as follows : amongst the children of my sister Martha Wynn,
" of my brother Samuel Buttall, of my sister Rebecca Keeting
" and of my sister Abigail Owen."

"Also to Joshua Buttall and James Buttall, sons of my
" uncle Richard Buttall, £10. All the rest of my goods I
" give to my wife Sarah Buttall, whom I make sole executrix.
" I appoint my brother Samuel Buttall and my friends Mr.
" Allyn Smith of Battersea and Mr. Edward Lewis of London,
" Overseers of this my will. To my cousins John Herbert,
" and Daniel Hailes £\o each. To my honoured Aunt Mrs.
" Anne Smith ^20 to buy her a ring." Witnesses Hannah
Hodgson, Mary Smalbon, John Bouth.

P. C. C. Sept., —65, Irby.1

From this will is gathered the information that Jonathan
and Samuel Buttall were brothers-in-law of Dr. Wynne. This
is further confirmed by the will of the latter, referred to later
on. About the year 1670 Martha Wynne died. It might be
well to state that a diligent endeavor (covering a period of
several years) has been made to find the exact dates of birth,
marriage, etc., of Thomas and Martha Wynne. Owing to the
disturbed condition of the country at that time there were prac-
tically no records of nonconformist congregations kept. None
belonging to the Society of Friends of North Wales are now
known to be in existence. Nearly all of the Church of England
Registers, with few exceptions, contain gaps, and many wills
were not probated owing to the fact that an order was issued
requiring them to be deposited in the Prerogative Court of Can-
terbury. In those times an expensive trip. Martha is believed
to have been the mother of all of Thomas Wynne's children.
A few years after her death he married a widow named Row-

*For more information of the Buttalls, one of whom was Gainsborough's
" Blue Boy," see Alfred Neobard Palmer's, "A History of the Older Nonconformity
of Wrexham and Its Neighborhood" and other works by the same writer.

264 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

den. By her former husband she had a daughter named Eliz-
abeth, who came to Pennsylvania and married John Brock (see
future page)1.

Elizabeth Wynne died prior to the summer of 1676, when
the doctor made a third matrimonial venture. This time also
to a widow. A copy of the entry in the book belonging to
the Religious Society of Friends, recording this event, is here
given. From the extracts at Devonshire House and from the
original book at Somerset House, Lancashire MeetingRecords,
Monthly Meeting of Hardshaw East :

Thomas Wynne, of Carwis, in the County of Flint, in Wales,
Chirurgeon and Elizabeth Maud, of Rainhill, in Lancashire, were
joyned together in marriage ye 20th day of ye 5th month 1676 at
John Chorley's house in the presence of

Alexander Chorley ffaith Chorley

John Chorley Alice Southworth

John Barnes Ester Sixmith

Bruen Sixmith Sarah Gandy

Sam: Dunbabin Bridget Wilson

John Southworth Alice Dunbabin

William Crowdson Margaret Dunbabin

James Wright Mary Southworth

William Sixmith Alice Barnes.

Carwis is intended for Caerwys, which was the place of
residence of Thomas Wynne at the time of this marriage. It
is very doubtful whether any of the witnesses were related to
him. They may have been to Elizabeth Maud. Alexander
Chorley and John Chorley were brothers. The latter mar-
ried Ellen, daughter of John Barnes, of Warrington. Bruen
or Bryan Sixmith [Sixsmith ?] has already been mentioned.
He was at one time a draper in Wrexham. He had a shop in
High Street, next the Golden Lion. At the time of his death
in 1692 he was a resident of Great Sankey. His brother,
William, who died in 1698, was living in Ashton, both places
near Rainhill, southern part of Lancashire, east of Liverpool.
He may have been a connection of the Buttalls, as certain
given names are used in both families.

■This Elizabeth Rowden is one of the witnesses to the will of Richard
Thomas, late of Whitford Game, County of Flint.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 265

Joshua Maud, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, believed to have
been a son of John Maud, of Alverthorpe, was the first hus-
band of Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Parr. By him she
had a son named Joshua, who remained in Wakefield; a
daughter Jane, who removed to Pennsylvania and was married
to a man by the name of Willbank,1 but died without issue,
and a daughter Margery. The latter married at Lewistown
[Lewes], Delaware, Thomas Fisher, son of John Fisher, from
Clithero, Lancashire, and Margaret [Hindle?], his wife. They
were the progenitors of the present Fisher family of Philadel-
phia and Lewes.

Thomas Wynne was a man of parts. He took great in-
terest in the religious society of which he was an early con-
vinced member. He became an able minister of the Gospel
of Christ, and appears to have visited various places in his
native country giving forth his religious views. In 1677 he
wrote a pamphlet on : " The Antiquity of the Quakers, proved
out of the Scriptures of Truth. Published in Love to the Papists,
Protestants, Presbyterians, Independents and Anabaptists. With
a Salutation of Pure Love to all the Tender-hearted Welshmen.
But more especially to Flintshire, Denbighshire, Caernarvon-
shire and Angle sea. By their Countryman and Friend, Thomas
Wynne'' Printed in the year 1677,

Besides the English part, this address contains two pages
of Welsh. He signs himself your real friend, Thomas Wynne.
These words are added : " Y Llythyr i anner chfy an ivy I
wladwyr y Cymru."

Carwys y 4. mis yr ail dydd i6yj.

In reply to this pamphlet a Welshman named William
Jones wrote : " Work for a Cooper" Being an Answer to a
Libel Written by Thomas Wynne, the Cooper, the Ale-Man, the
Quack and the Speaking Quaker. With a brief Account, how
that Dissembling People differ at this day from what at first
they were. By one who abundantly pities their Ignorance and

'Is this an error for Wiltbank. Helminus Wiltbank, a Swede, was a very
early settler near Lewis. His descendants are numerous. T. A. G.

w. T.— 34.

266 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Folly. [Anon.] London. Printed by J. C. for S. C, at the
Prince of Wales Arms near the Royal Exchange MDCL XXIX.

In the front of this pamphlet there is a curious, finely
etched portrait of Thomas Wynne tempted by the Devil1.

In this answer it criticises some of Thomas Wynne's re-
marks, and says there were certain things :

" 'Tis well he did not say at Holy-well or Caerwys." . . .
"No, he's much fitter to plant Tobacco, &c. ... to mind
his Ax and saw, the Joynter and the Adz (alias Nedde), the Crisle
and the Head knife, the Spoak & the Round Shreve, the Dowling
and the Taper Bitts, the Tap & Bungbore. ... I believe he
is ignorant in his very trade of Quack — Chyrurgery."

A postscript in Welsh is headed : " Atteb i'r Cowper
o'Gaerwys o'i Lythyr anraflon at y Cymru"

These few extracts are given merely to show the occupa-
tions of Thomas Wynne. The book throughout is scurrilous.2

In 1679 Thomas Wynne had printed : An Anti- Christian
Conspiracy Detected and Satan's Champion Defeated. Being
a Reply to an Envious & Scurrilous Libel, without any Name
to it, called Work for a Cooper. Being also a vindication of
my Book entitled The Antiquity of the Quakers. From the
Base Insinuations, False Doctrine and False Charge therein con-
tained against me, my Book and against God's People, called
Quakers in general. By me Thomas Wynne. To this there is
a postscript by William Gibson.

It would seem from the above that among his various
callings Thomas Wynne was a Cooper. He may have been
also a Maltster and Brewer. He was also a successful Chir-
urgeon and " Practitioner in Physics," the latter being what he
styles himself in his will. He is said to have practiced in
London. His name does not appear in Sidney Young's
" Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London" nor on the roll
of the Royal College of Surgeons or Royal College of Phy-

"The editor is assured that this is probably not a real portrait of Dr. Wynne.
Mr. Charles Roberts, of Philadelphia, who has a large collection of Anti-Quaker
tracts, says that the same plate was used to represent other persons also.

^Joseph Smith's Catalogue of Friends' Books. Joseph Smith's Catalogue of
Books Anti- Quakeriana. Charles Roberts, Esq., of Philadelphia, who possesses
these pamphlets, kindly allowed the writer to make extracts from them.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 267

sicians. If a graduate of either Oxford or Cambridge it would
be difficult to state which he could claim as his Alma Mater.
In Graduati Cantabrigiensis there is one of his name, an A.
B. 1667. In a list of Graduates of Oxford there is also a
Thomas Wynne, Christ Church, B. A., Feb. 23, 1670.

As early as the 32nd of Edward I., 1305-6, there was a
guild of Barber-Chirurgeons at Shrewsbury. A company of
Fletchers, Coopers and Bowyers also, from the 27th of Henry
VI., 1449. It is possible that Thomas Wynne was a member
of one of these companies, Shrewsbury being close to the
Welsh border. Chester, on the very edge of Flintshire, also
had its guilds and trading companies. Thomas Wynne was
well versed in the law. He held several responsible positions
that required a knowledge of this kind. These will be referred
to in their proper place, after the account of his arrival in the
Province of Pennsylvania.

Richard Davies, in his very interesting autobiography,
writing of one of his visits to North Wales in 168 1, says : " I
acquainted my friend William Penn and some Friends that I
intended to give Bishop Lloyd a visit." [This was Dr. William
Lloyd, who had been in charge of St. Martin's in London,
afterwards bishop of St. Asaph.J " I went to my friend
Thomas Wynne's, who lived in Caerwys, in Flintshire, not
far from the bishop's palace, and he went with me. When
we came there the bishop's secretary came to the gate.
I asked him whether the bishop was within ; he said he

was The Bishop sent for us, in there

were several clergymen with him, among the rest the dean of
Bangor We went soon to dispute about water-
baptism. I told them, there was one Lord, one faith and one

baptism So this and such like discourse, held

us till it was late at night, and then I went to my friend's
house."

In the early part of the year 1682 there was a committee
appointed to visit Whitehall to try to induce Lord Hyde, Sir
Lionel Jenkins, Secretary of State, and others in authority, to
influence the king to relieve the sufferings of the Friends of

268 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Bristol. The three Friends on the committee from the country-
were Charles Lloyd, Thomas Wynne and Richard Davies.
At this time Thomas Wynne was a resident of Bronvadog,
and was one of the overseers of the will of John ap Thomas,
which was dated 9th February, 1682, being styled " Thomas
Wynne, late of Bronvadog, near Caerwys, in the county of
fflynt churyrgeon." Isceiviog, the parish in which this place
is located, is four miles southwest of Holywell, on the road
from Nannerch to Whitford.

William Penn having obtained his charter for the Province
of Pennsylvania was desirous of selling off portions of the
land to intending settlers.

Thomas Wynne in connection with John ap John (who
has already been referred to), for themselves, as well as trus-
tees for others, purchased from Penn 5, 000 acres, to be laid out
in the Welsh Tract. The Proprietor, having completed his
arrangements for sailing, departed from England in the Sixth
month, 1682, on the ship Welcome. Robert Proud, in his
History of Pennsylvania, writes as follows : " The number of
passengers in this ship was about one hundred, mostly Quakers,
the major part of them from Sussex, the Proprietary's place
of residence. In their passage many of them were taken sick
of the small-pox, and about thirty of their number died."

In about six weeks they sighted the American coast at
about Egg Harbor, New Jersey. On the 24th of October the
Proprietary landed at New Castle, and at Upland, now
Chester, on the fourth day of the Tenth month (December).
Dr. Wynne was a passenger, and doubtless practised his pro-
fession, administering medicine and relieving the sufferings of
those overtaken by the above mentioned disease. He acted
as adviser to those who finding themselves about to die desired
to dispose Of their possessions by will. One of these was
Thomas Heriott. He made his nuncupative will, and in it he
is styled late of Hurst pre poynt [Hurst Pierreepoint] Sussex
Co., England, yeoman. Made on board the ship Welcome,
Robert Greenway, commander, bound for Pennsylvania, &c.
The date is September 19th, 1682. Thomas Wynne, chirur-

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 269

geon, one of the witnesses. Proved at Philad", Book A 4. No.
3 of 1683.

At the preliminary Legislative Assembly held at Chester
the 4th day of the ioth-month, 1682, Nicholas Moore pre-
sided. Thomas Holmes, Surveyor General ; Thomas Wynne,
William Clark and Edward Southbrin, were appointed a com-
mittee to desire the Governor to transmit a " Constitute"
[Constitution]. The session lasted three days. It will thus
be seen that the doctor at once took an interest in the welfare
of the infant Colony. He was present at the first monthly
meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, held in Philadel-
phia nth-month 9th, 1682. He was one of those appointed
to select a site for a meeting-house, and to consider the man-
ner and form of the building. At the first regular Assembly,
held in the same town, the 12th day of the ist-month [March],
1682-3, he was chosen Speaker. He was one of the repre-
sentatives from Philadelphia County, the body being com-
posed of nine members from each of the counties of Philadel-
phia, Chester, Bucks, New Castle, Kent and Sussex.

Among the various accounts which have been written of
our city, one states the fact that among the first brick houses
built was that of Thomas Wynne. It was located on Front
Street, west side, above Chestnut Street, the latter being for
a short time called Wynne Street. As many of the earlier
Colonists had to be content with log houses, and indeed even
with caves, dug out of the bank along the river front, the
above fact shows the doctor to have been a man of means and
standing among the new-comers. Having some business to
attend to in the old country, he laid before his monthly meet-
ing the prospect he had of a visit with his wife to England.
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minute Book shows the fol-
lowing entry bearing on the case :

"First day of ye 5th month 1684" "John Brock and Eliza-
beth Rowden appear in the meeting the first time declaring their
intentions of marriage, being presented to the meeting by Mar-
garet Lewis and Elizabeth Ible. Thomas Wynne father in-law [i.
e. step-father] to Elizabeth Rowden being immediately to depart
for England together with his wife moves that the marriage of the

270 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

above said parties might be accomplished somewhat sooner than
usual, that so they might be at the said marriage." Friends there-
fore agreed that John Brock should bring his certificate of clear-
ness to the 5th day meeting at Philadelphia falling upon the 10th
day of this instant and it was also agreed that Henry Lewis and
John Moon should make inquiry into the clearness of the above
parties and make report there of at the 5th day meeting afore-
said."

The young couple were married on the 6th-month 5, 1684.

John Brock came from near Stockport, Cheshire, " Ar-
rived in the Delaware the 28th of the 7th mo., 1682, in the
ship the ' Friends' Adventure.' "

It is supposed that Thomas Wynne accompanied William
Penn to England in the ketch " Endeavour." This ship sailed
from Philadelphia the 12th of 6th-month, 1684, and made
port in about seven weeks. On the 23d of 9th month in Lon-
don William Gibson was buried. It was he who had written
the postscript to the Doctor's last publication. On this occasion
a meeting was held in White Hart Court Meeting-House. It
is stated that more than a thousand persons were at the burial-
place, when it was publicly said of the body " That it had
been often beaten and imprisoned for Christ's sake." At
another time, while Thomas Wynne and twenty-three others
were on their way to the meeting-house at White-Hart-Court
they were arrested in Angel Court and sent to prison. On
10th month (December) 8th, they were tried at Guildhall.
The charge was, " Being guilty of a riotous assembly, with
force and arms, &c." in White-Hart-Court. They all pleaded
not guilty. They had not been in White-Hart-Court at all.
The evidence produced by the prosecution showed this.
This objection was overruled, as it was in the same ward of
the city. They stated that their being together in Angel-
Court was accidental. They had been stopped while passing
through. One of the witnesses testified that while they were
assembled in a common thoroughfare a woman spoke he
knew not what. Notwithstanding this testimony and the
errors in the charge, the prisoners were all sent to Newgate
prison and fined.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 271

The length of time that Thomas Wynne remained in
England is unknown. On his return he settled on an estate
he had ourchased at Lewes. He again took part in public af-
fairs, A, he " Sussex County Court Records" show. Here are
a few entries as taken from that book :

"An A Court Held by the King's Authority & in the pro-
prietary's name at Lewis, for the County of Sussex, the 3 day of
the 3 month, 1687.

Comitioners present,
William Clarke Thomas Price

John Roades Robert Clifton

Thomas Wynne Samuel Gray.

Thomas Wynnes Comition to be one of ye justices
in the Koome of Thomas Langhorne was Read viz. :

By the President and Councill of the Province of Pennsylvania
and Territorys thereunto belonging.

To oure Loving and trusty ffriend Thomas Winn justice of the
yeare for the County of Sussex in the roome of Thomas Lang-
horne.

Reposing Confidence in thy allegiance to the King and fidellity
to the Govern'r and Government now doe by the Kings Authority
& in the name of the proprietary and Govern'r appointe thee to be
justice of the County of Sussex. Authorizing thee to Act as justice
of ye yeare both in Court or any part of that County. Requiring
all persons whatsoever to yield thee due obedience accordingly
this Comission to stand in force soe long as the Generall Comis-
sion for that County shall soe Remain. %Dated at Philadelphia the
thirteenth day of the second month in the third yeare of ye Reigne
of King James the Second and Seventh of ye Proprietarys Govern-
ment Ano Dom 1687.

Tho Lloyd. Pr'sid't.

"The Declaration that the other justices have signed and
sealed for the performing ye trust reposed in them and to Act
therein according to Law was read, after which ye sd Tho: Wynn
declared his willingness to sign and seale ye same & thereto put his
hand."

During the year 1688, while holding the position of As-
sociate Justice of Sussex County he was also a Representative
from that county in the Assembly at Philadelphia. This body
met on the 10th day of 3rd month. In the same year on the
6th of 5th month Rachel Lloyd, a daughter of Thomas Lloyd,
Deputy-Governor of the Province, was married to Samuel
Preston, a meeting being held for that purpose at the house

272 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

of Frances Cornwall, in Sussex. Among the signers to the
marriage certificate were Thomas Wynne, his wife and child-
ren. In the year 1691 the Doctor was in Philadelphia. He
attended the Monthly Meetings held in the nth month and
1 2th month. Soon after he was taken sick and died. He was
buried on the 17th of 1st month, 1692. He made his will on
the " 1 6th day of first month, 169 1-2." This was probated
2nd-mo. 20th, 1692, at Philadelphia [Book A, p. 200]. In it
he is called " Thomas Wynne, of Philadelphia, in the Province
of Pennsylvania, practitioner in Physic." He gives his mes-
suage and plantation, near the town of Lewes, to his wife, Eliza-
beth Wynne, during her natural life, after her death to his son
Jonathan Wynne. He also gives to the latter the plantation
of two hundred acres at Cedar Creek, in the county of Sussex.
He gives one-half of his personal estate to his children in
America, viz. : Jonathan, Mary, Rebecca, Sidney and Hannah.
His daughter Tabitha was living in England ; he gave her
fifty shillings as a last mark of love. " She hath already
sufficiently partaken of my fatherly care and tenderness of
her." The other half of his personal estate he bequeathed to
his beloved wife, Elizabeth, who he makes executrix. He
mentions a certain bond for £50 due by him to his brother-
in-law, Samuel Buttall, on which twenty-five pounds had been
paid. He desires " my dear friends, Thomas Lloyd, Dep.
Gov. of this Province, and Griffith Owen, to be overseers."
The witnesses were Arthur Cooke, Phineas Pemberton, Rich-
ard Thomas, Theor Roberts and Mary Holme.

In the inventory, filed the 19th of 3d-mo., called May,
1692, the plantation and mansion near Lewes was valued at
.£80. The two hundred acres of land at Cedar Creek, ^20.
There is mention of one negro man, one negro woman, and a
girl about one year and a half old, valued at ^60. One servant
youth, having about one year and a half to serve, £3. There
is a long list of farming and household utensils. A barrel
worm, copper still, a hogshead worm, &c. A chest of medi-
cine, &c. The total amout of the inventory is £430, is., 3d.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 273

The Children of Thomas and Martha Wynne were :

Mary, born circa 1659 ; married, in or about the year 1677,
Dr. Edward Jones (see future page).

Tabitha, remained in England and was probably married.

Rebecca, born 1662 ; married first to Solomon Thomas, in
3rd-mo., 1685, at Thirdhaven Meeting, Talbot County, Maryland.
He died leaving no issue. Second, to John Dickinson, of Talbot
County, planter, at his house, 23rd of 7th month, 1692. He was
a son of Walter Dickinson, of Crosia-dore> and an uncle of Samuel
Dickinson, who married Mary Cadwalader, daughter of John Cad-
walader and Martha Jones. The latter a daughter of Dr. Edward
Jones and Mary Wynne.

Sidney, married loth-mo. 20th, 1690, at the house of William
Richardson, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, William Chew,
son of Samuel and Ann Chew, of that place.

Hannah, married at Merion Meeting 8th-mo. 25th, 1695,
Daniel Humphrey, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Humphrey.

Jonathan, only son and heir, and believed to have been the
youngest child. His will, dated January 29th, 1719, was probated
at Philadelphia May 17th, 1721. He married, about the year 1694,
Sarah [Graves or Greave?]. In the year 1705, on the 18th of 4th
month, he applied to Edward Shippen, Griffith Owen and James
Logan, Commissioners of Property for a warrant for 400 acres in
the Welsh Tract. He alleged that his father's joint purchase with
John ap John of 5,000 acres was not fully taken up. His request
was granted, and an order issued to David Powel, Surveyor. The
latter part of his life he resided in Blockley township, Philadelphia
County. He left to his eldest son, Thomas, all the home planta-
tion after the death, or second marriage, of his widow. To his son,
John, 250 acres near the Great Valley (Chester Valley). To son
Jonathan, 250 acres in the same locality. To each of his two
eldest daughters, Hannah and Mary, lot in High street, Philadel-
phia, 60x300 ft., to be equally divided. To his three younger
daughters, Sidney, Martha and Elizabeth, 400 acres near the Great
Valley, " or in the great meadows," to be equally divided, with
power to sell at 18 or marriage. His trustees were his brothers-in-
law Edward Jones and Daniel Humphrey, in case of their decease
John Cadwalader and Jonathan Jones. His wife, Sarah, executrix.

Of the ancestry of Dr. Thomas Wynne, nothing is posi-
tively known at this time. Owen Jones, Sen., born 171 1, died
1793, says of his great-grandfather that " He was descended
from a very ancient and honorable family." As is well known,
and has been referred to in these pages, some of the early
Welsh settlers brought with them pedigrees of their families.
These were to be recorded in their Meeting Books. Here is

W. T.— 3.5

274 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

an entry from Merion Minutes : " Preparative Meeting held at
Mei ion Meeting House, the 5th day of the 1 ith month, 1704."

"An account was brought concerning

Thomas Wynne, of Cayrwys, in flintshire, formerly, and his
family to this meeting by Edward Jones."

Unfortunately, these records are now missing. If a
copy of the Wynne pedigree is in existence among any
branches of the family it is unknown to the writer1.

Some years ago an attempt was made, from circumstantial
evidence only, to connect Thomas Wynne with the family of
Wynn of the Tower. This building is in the township of
Broncoed, and parish of Mold, County Flint. It so happens
that the seal attached to Dr. Wynne's will has on it the de-
sign of a triple-towered castle. At once the conclusion was
reached that this meant he was a descendant of the Tower
Wynns. To show how erroneous this is, it need only be
stated that the Tower Wynns' armorial bearings are the same
as those of Cynwrig Efell, from whom they descend, gules, on
a bend argent, a lion passant, sable.

The probable solution of the problem of the use of this
seal may be found in the statement that the Maudes of Ireland
used for their arms : "Gules, a tower, triple-towered, Argent.

It will be remembered that the last wife of Dr. Wynne,
and the one that came with him to Pennsylvania was a widow
surnamed Maud. Although she came from Lancashire and
her first husband's family were seated in Yorkshire, there may
have been some connection with the early branch that went to
Ireland.

'The editor of this work (as well as Mr. Lloyd), although meeting in all cases
with the utmost courtesy, and a desire by persons interested to place at his dis-
posal all papers in their possession bearing upon the Welsh settlement, is sorry to
repeat here that it is to be much regretted that access was declined by some per-
sons, without any apparent reason, to collections of family documents which might
have thrown much light upon the ancestry of Dr. Thomas Wynne and other early
Welshmen, and upon the history of Merion.

*"An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms belonging to Families in
Great Britain and Ireland, &°c," by the late John W. Papworth, F. R. I. B. A.
Edited by Alfred W. Morant, F. G. L. London, 1874.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 275

Watson in his Annals of Philadelphia says that a brother
came with Dr. Wynne in 1682.

This may have been John Wynne, who was on a jury in
1687, in Sussex County. The same man appears as an at-
torney in a case reported in the Sussex County Court Records,
in the same year. There was a John Wynn " chyrurgeon"
whose will was probated at Annapolis in 1684. A Thomas
Wynn was in Maryland in 1671. He was a "sub-Sheriff"
in 1678, and at one time Doorkeeper to the Assembly. His
ancestry is known. He was a son of Gruffydd Wynn, of Bryn
yr Owen, ap Richard ap John Wynn, of Trefechan, near
Wrexham and Ruabon, Denbighshire.

If Dr. Thomas Wynne was born or baptized in Caerwys
(which is very much doubted), a copy of the entry can not be
had. The parish registers do not begin until 1673. The
transcripts at the Bishop's Palace have no Wynne event re-
corded until 1666. Gwyn or Wynn, means white or fair-
haired, and in early times there were hundreds of the name in
Wales. [See Appendix.]
Howard Williams Lloyd.

Note. — It appears that Jonathan Wynne settled in Blockley Township, which
was formerly a part of the Liberty Lands, of Philadelphia Town, at an early date.
It is believed that the house which he lived in, and which he called " Wynnestay,"
was built soon after 1700. Whether this was built upon land purchased by him
personally, or upon a part of the Liberty Land belonging to his father's joint pur-
chase with John ap John, is not known. If the latter, it may have been the
Liberty Land belonging to the grant in Chester Valley, but previously allowed
him, or it may have been a part of the land first allotted to his father. The title
to this property has not been searched by the writer, partly on account of the extra
amount of labor it would involve without any especial result, and partly because
it was never in Merion. T. A. G.

276 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Descendants of Dr. Thomas Wynne. The Wister
Branch.1

Daniel Wister, the oldest son of John and Catharine Wister,
was born in Philadelphia on 2nd-mo. 4th, 1738-9, and died 10th-
mo. 27th, 1805, set. 68 years On the 5th of the 5th month, 1760,
he married Lowry Jones, daughter of Owen Jones and Susan-
nah, his wife. Owen Jones was son of Jonathan Jones, eldest son
of Dr. Edward Jones and Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne.
Daniel Wister was educated at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pennsyl-'
vania. He was a prominent merchant of Philadelphia, and together
with his father was a signer of the non-importation act, which was
so important a measure, historically. His wife, Lowry Wister, was
born 1743, and died 2nd-mo. 15th, 1804, set. 61 years.

Daniel and Lowry Wister had 9 children, viz. : Sarah (the
authoress of " Sally Wister's Journal of the Revolution "), born
7th-mo. 20th, 1 761, and died, s. p., 4th-mo. 21st, 1804, set. 43
years. Elizabeth, born 2nd-mo. 27th, 1764, o. s. p. 1812, set. 48
years. Hannah, born, nth-mo. 19th, 1767, o. s. p. {circa), 1827.
Susannah, born 2nd-mo. 24th, 1773, obt. nth-mo. 27th, 1862, set.
90 years. John, born 3rd-mo. 20th, 1776, obt. i2th-mo. 12th,
1862, set. 86 years. Charles Jones, born 4th-mo. 12th, 1782, obt.
7th-mo. 23rd, 1865, set. 84 years. William Wynne Wister, born
4th-mo. 1 6th, 1784, obt. nth-mo. 16th, 1806, set. 23 years, s. p.

■Herr Hans Caspar and Anna Katherina Wister, of Hillsbach, near Heidel-
berg, Germany. The former Hans Caspar was Fiirst Jager in the service of
the Prince Palatine. The Herr appears on the Church Record prefixed to
his name and distinguished him from the Bourgeois. He was born about the
middle of the 17th century, say 1 650, and had seven children, two of whom came
to America, Caspar in 1717, and John, my ancestor, in 1727. Caspar married, in
1726, Katherine Johnson, by Friends' ceremony, and had many descendants in
the male line, and in the female e. g., Vauxes, Morrises, Haineses, McMurtries,
etc. John Wister married, 2 mo. 9th, 1731, Salome Zimmerman, a German by
birth. From these are descended the Chancellors, etc. Salome Wister having
died 1736, John Wister married Anna Catherina Rubenkam. They had three
children who lived to maternity, Daniel, born, 1738-9; Catherine, born 1742-3,
ancestress of Mileses, McKeans, etc., and William, born 1746, o. s. p. My
grandfather, Daniel Wister, married Lowery Jones, 5th-mo. 5th, 1760. She
was the daughter of Owen Jones, Colonial Treasurer of the state of Penna, and
Susannah Evans, and here begins the Welsh connection. Owen Jones was the
son of Jonathan and Gainor (Owen) Jones. Gainor Owen was daughter of Rob-
ert Owen, and Jonathan Jones was son of Dr. Ed. Jones, who m. the daughter of
Dr. Thomas Wynne.

To return to the Wister branch, Marie, daughter of Hans Caspar Wister,
born (circa) 1690; married, 1711, Captain David Deshler, Aid-de-Camp to the
Prince Palatine, this son, David, came to America and entered the counting-
house of his uncle, John Wister. He married and had descendants of his own
name, also Lewises (David Lewis, recently obt.), Mortons, Conners, etc. Anna
Barbara Wister, daughter of Hans Caspar Wister, married Bauer Councillor of
Manheim, Germany.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 277

Susannah Wister, daughter of the above Daniel and Lowry
Wister, married 3rd-mo. loth, 1796, Colonel John M. Price, son
of John and Rebecca Price. The ceremony was performed, although
she was a Friend, by the Right Rev. Bishop White— J. M. Price
being a member of the Episcopal Church. They had six children
who reached maturity, viz. : Lowry, born ath-mo. 4th, 1797, mar-
ried Charles Humphreys, of the old Welsh family of that name,
Lowry Humphreys, o. s. p., 8th-mo. 15th, 1876, set. 79 years.
Rebecca, daughter of S. and J. M. Price, was born 5th-n>o. 10th,
1799. She married Robert Toland and had five children. Susan
Wister Price, born 3rd-mo 25th, 1803, o. s. p., 7th-mo. 16th, 1881,
set. 78 years. Glendower and Wister Price both o. s. p. John
M. Price obt. 2nd-mo. 2nd, 1828, aet. 57 years.

The children of Robert and Rebecca Price Toland, who came
to maturity were : Henry, o. s. p. 4th-mo. 1862. Robert, mar-
ried Annie Dale, had children : 1. Edward Dale, married, ist-
mo. 29th, 1883, Charlotte Rush, daughter of Col. Richard Rush.
2. Susan, married 4th-mo 26, i860, Richard Tilghman, had six
children. 3. Sarah, married 7th-mo. 9th, 1862, General Isaac J.
Wister, o. s. p. ist-mo. nth, 1895. 4. George W. Toland, mar-
ried, 9th-mo. 18, 1862, Angela L. Turner, daughter of Admiral
Thomas Turner, U. S. N. They had four children, of whom
Helen m. Mr. Moore.

John Wister, of Vernon, Germantown, son of Daniel and
Lowry Wister, was married, 1798, to Elizabeth Harvey, of Borden-
town, N. J., and had nine children who came to maturity: 1.
Sarah, b. 4th-mo. 4th, 1800, married to John Stevenson, had four
children. T. W. Stevenson, obt. 3rd-mo. 9th, 1848, aet. 48
years. 2. William, son of John and Elizabeth Wister, born 2nd-
mo. 2nd, 1803, obt. nth-mo. 19th, 1881, married, 9th-mo. 26th,
1 826, Sarah Logan Fisher, had six children who came to maturity :
1. William Rotch, m. 3rd-mo. 4th, 1868, Mary Euslis, of Milton,
Mass., had children: (1.) Mary Channing; (2.) Frances Anne;
(3.) Ella Eustis. 2. John, son of Wm. and Sarah Wister, m.,
1864, Sally Tyler Boas. III. Col. Langhorne Wister, o. s. p. 3rd-
mo. 19th, 1891, aet. 56 years. IV. Jones Wister, m. Caroline de
Tousard Stocker, obt. Oct. 6, 1868, had four children : Ella Mid-
dleton Maxwell, Alice Logan, Ann, Ethel Langhorne. V. Frances
Wister, m. 2nd-mo. 1880, Mary Chancellor Tiers. VI. Rodman
Wister, m. 4th-mo. 12th, 1872, Betty Black, of Pittsburg, Pa. 3.
John Wister, son of John and Elizabeth Wister, of Vernon, o. s.
p. ist-mo. 28, 1883. 4. Charles, o s. p. 8th-mo. 9th, 1893, aet.
83 years. 5. Ann, o. s. p. loth-mo. 3, 1888, aet. 80 years. 6.
Jones, o. s. p. uth-mo. 14, 1837, in Paris, France. 6. Mary, o.
s. p. ioth-mo. 24, 1886, aet. 73. 7. Susan, m. 4th-mo. 28, 1846,
John Dickenson Logan, M. D., of Stenton, had son, Algernon
Sydney, m. Mary Wynne Wister, daughter of Wm. Wynne Wister,

278 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

nth-mo. 4th, 1873, had son> Robert Logan. 8. Louis Wister, son
of John and Elizabeth Wister m. 7th-mo. 3rd, 1850, Elizabeth
Randolph, had children: (1) Elsie, m. Charles P. Keith, 12th-
mo. 18, 1883 ; (2) Sara Edythe.

Charles Jones Wister, son of Daniel and Lowry Wister, m.
i2th-mo. 15th, 1803, Rebecca Bullock. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. James Abercrombie, D. D., rector of St. Peter's
Church, Phila. They had children who reached maturity : 1.
William Wynne, b. 3rd-mo. 25th, 1807, m. Hannah Lewis Wilson,
and had children : Rachael, William Wynne, Alexander Wilson,
Hannah Lewis, Mary Wynne, Emily Wynne. Of the above,
Rachael m. nth-mo. 12, 1862, William B.Rogers; Alexander m.,
i2th-mo. 31st, 1862, Susan Wilson : Mary Wynne m., nth-mo.
4, 1873, Algernon Sydney Logan, as already recorded under
descendants of John Wister. 2. Mary Boynton Wister, m. 10th-
mo. 23, 1839, Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, U. S. N., had child-
ren: Fanny, o. s. p. 3rd-mo. 3, 1883; Charles Wister Ruschen-
berger, U. S. N. 3. Emily Wister, b. i2th-mo. 3, 1809, o. s. p.
8th-mo. 1831, set. 21 years. Rebecca Bullock Wister obt. 9th-mo.
20th, 181 2. i2th-mo. 4th, 1817, C. J. Wister m. Sarah, daughter
of John and Sarah Whitesides. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Mr. Depuy, the first rector of St. Luke's Church, Ger-
mantown. The children of this union who lived to maturity were :

1. Caspar, born 9th-mo. 15, 1818, obt. i2th-mo. 20th, 1888, set.
70 years; married, 7th-mo. 20th, 1846, Lydia H. Simmons, had
daughter, Lilly, m. Clifford Rossel. They had daughter, Annis
Wister Rossel ; Lydia having died, 1848 ; Caspar, m. 6th-mo.
26th, 1854, Annis Lee Furness, had son Caspar, obt. childhood.

2. Susan Wister, born ioth-mo. 21st, 1819, o. s. p. July 23, 1843.

3. Charles J. Wister, born 4th-mo. 6, 1822. 4. Owen Jones,
born ioth-mo. 5, 1825; married ioth-mo. 1st, 1859, Sarah,
daughter of Pierce Butler, had son, Owen Wister. 5. Sarah Eliza-
beth, daughter of C. J. and Sarah Wister, b. nth-mo. 19, 1827, o.
s. p. 8th-mo. 28, 1868. 1

Germantown, 8mo. 5th, 1895.
'Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn :

Dear Sir — In the list of descendants of the Welsh settlers of the "Great
Welsh Tract," which I forwarded to you some weeks since, there were omissions
which I now beg leave to supply. It may be too late for your proposed volume.
If so, however, they may be introduced in some future publication.

John Wister, son of William and Sarah Fisher Wister, of Belfield, married,
1864, Sarah Tyler Boas, and had children who came to maturity : (1) Elizabeth,
who married, 10-mo. 20, 1892, Charles Stewart Wurts, Jr. ; (2) Sarah Logan ; (3)
Margaret Wister, II, Rodman Wister, son of Wm. and S. F. Wister, married
4-mo. I2th, 1872.

Betty Mifflin Black, had children, Langhorne Harvey and Rodman Mifflin
Wister.

Wynnewood and the Wynnes. 279

Of the children of William Wynne Wister and Hannah Lewis Wister, who
reached maturity (1) Wm. Wynne Wister, (2) Rachael married, 11-mo. 12, 1862,
William B. Rogers, had Barton, obt. in infancy ; Harry Darwin, and Mabel.

(Ill) Alexander Wilson Wister married, Dec. 31st, 1862, Susan Wilson and
had four sons who came to maturity: (1) Lewis Wynne, married, 2-mo, 16th,
1887, Elizabeth Walcott Henry, and had one son, Lewis Caspar ; (2) Alexander
Wilson; (3) Charles Jones, married, 6-mo. 5, 1894, Elizabeth E.Morgan; (4)
James Wilson. (IV) Hannah Lewis; (V) Mary Wynne, already mentioned;
(VI) Emily Wynne Wister.

Respectfully yours, Charles J. Wister.

Note. — As the above letter explains, the author is indebted to Charles J.
Wister, Esq., for the above complete list of the descendants of Dr. Thomas Wynne,
of the Wister branch.

ROBERTS, OF MERION AND BLOCKLEY.

The first of this family of whom we have any account is
one William Roberts, who was living in the township of Merion
prior to 1697, but who, in that year, purchased land in the
township of Blockley, just across the Merion line. " Family
tradition is that a Hugh Roberts came from Wales in the ship
with William Penn. His only child, William Roberts, then a
boy, accompanied him, and on the vessel met Elizabeth
Warner, whom he married some years afterwards. This son
William, according to tradition, lived to be over 100 years of
age. By his first wife he had three children, viz. : Thomas,
Mordecai and a daughter. By his second wife he had one son,
Joseph. In his old age, while his second wife was still living,
he became much reduced in circumstances. The wife of Hugh
had been a Presbyterian, and had considerable property in
Wales which was forfeited when she became a Quaker. They
were all members of Merion Meeting."

This tradition, with some slight variations, exists in all of
the branches of the family, but the very careful investigations
of Joseph Fornance, Esq., of Norristown, who lately made a
very careful examination of the title to the property in Block-
ley purchased in 1697 by William Roberts, and until recently
held by his descendants, has upset this narrative. From Mr.
Fornance's researches and from some data gathered by the
writer we are able to present the following facts regarding this
family of Roberts. It appears that William Roberts, of
Merion, is the first generation we can speak of with certainty.
There is, indeed, but little clue to his parentage. He may
have come direct from Wales, prior to 1697, in which case it
is possible he may have been identical with the William
Roberts referred to as a tenant of Richard Price, of Tyddin
Tyfod, Merionethshire, in a letter written from Wales about
1700 (see article on Rees John William). It is also possible

Roberts, of Merion and Blockley. 281

that he may have been an elder son of one Robert William,
of Merion, a widower, who married Gwen Cadwalader, of Rad-
nor, spinster, 19th of 4th month, 1691. As to him having
been a son of Hugh Roberts, of Merion, it is simply out of the
question, if the Provincial Councillor is meant.1 There was,
however, another Hugh Roberts, of Merion, who came with
the first settlers, whose son he might have been. Turning
from conjecture to actual facts we find that the first recorded
purchase of property by him was by Deed Poll, dated Sep-
tember, 1697 ; recorded at Philadelphia, 789 in Deed Book B.
R. D., 20., page 481, &c, from John Tatham, of Burlington
County, New Jersey, to William Roberts, " of Merion, in the
County of Philadelphia," for 100 acres of land in " the Town
Bounds of Philadelphia, beyond the Schuylkill." The tradi-
tion above quoted states that he married Elizabeth Warner,
whom he met on shipboard with Penn. That this could not
be so is evident from the fact that William Warner, whose
daughter she is supposed to have been, was settled in Blockley
Township many years before Penn ever came into his Province,
and the township was named after his native parish in Wor-
cestershire.

Nor does this William Warner in his will mention any
daughter as having married a Roberts. His son, William
Roberts, is probably the person alluded to in the tradition.

It is, however, very probable that the purchase of the
Blockley land was about the time of his marriage. In sup-
port of this theory we offer the following abstract from a letter
written by Robert Owen, of Merion, to his brother-in-law,
Hugh Roberts, then travelling in Wales. It will be remem-
bered that the date of Roberts' Blockley purchase was Sep-
tember (7th month), i6gy. The date is 24th of 2nd month,
169 7 : " Richard Hays in the Election of Marriage with B .
Lewis, H. Lewis' sister, William, Robert and Richard Wal-
ters wives' sister." On the first perusal of this statement it
appeared that the writer of the letter intended to mean that

»Hugh Roberts, the Councillor, had, however, a son, William Roberts, who
died in infancy,
w. T. — 36.

282 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

B. Lewis (Elizabeth or Bessie), Henry Lewis' sister, was
sister to William Robert and Richard Walters' wives, but
upon investigation it would appear that it might also mean
that William Robert was about to marry Richard Walters'
wife's sister. A very careful examination of the records might
clear this up. The will of this William Roberts, of Blockley,
is dated September 8th, 1707, and was proved in Philadel-
phia 1719 (W. B. D., page 134), devising his 100 acres of
land to his eldest son, John, when he comes of age, subject to
£20 to be paid to " youngest son, William Roberts," and
appoints his wife, Any Roberts, sole executrix. It appears
that John died an infant, and the younger son, William
Roberts, inherited the property (see Deed 10 Dec. 1788. Rec.
1789, Phila., D. B. D. 20, page 481) to William Smith for
89^ acres of said land.

The said William Roberts had issue by Affy, his wife :

1. John, died infant.

2. William.

William Roberts,1 the second son of William, living 10
December, 1788,2 inherited, through the early decease of his
brother, John, the 100 acres in Blockley, which farm or plan-
tation, as it was then called, was upon the old Haverford road
which he afterwards sold, in 1788, to William Smith. He
married, first, Elizabeth (Warner ?), probably a grandchild of
William Warner, of Blockley, a Provincial Councillor of Penn-
sylvania, who owned the adjoining land. William Roberts
married, secondly, Ann . By his first wife he had :

1. Thomas, m. Jane (Pyott?).

2. Mordecai, who left descendants.

3. Daughter, m. Evans.

'There can be but little question that this was the William Roberts mentioned
in the family tradition as living to the age of over 100 years, and who married
Elizabeth Warner. He died before 1812.

'Deed, 10 Dec, 1788, William Roberts and Ann, his wife, to William Smith.
Recorded in Philadelphia, 1789, in Deed Book D 20, page 481, for 89^ acres, it
being a part of the loo acres left by William Roberts, of Blockley, to his son,
John, and the said son John having departed this life, the said premises descended
to William, the second son. See Orphans' Court Book, Philadelphia, No. 24, 78,
89, and 113.

Roberts, of Merion and Blockley. 283

By his second wife William Roberts had :
Joseph.

Thomas Roberts, " of Blockley," eldest son of William,
married Jane (Pyott?). (Swedes' Church Records, Philadel-
phia.) He was living 20 March, 1812, and died before 1846,
when the remaining part of the 100 acres, viz. : 11^ acres were
sold by his executors to Philip Esray.

Thomas Roberts had issue :

1. Phineas, m. Ellen Ervien and removed to Pike County,
Pa., and there died. He had issue : John, Cadwalader, Ellen,
Jane, Rebecca Barnes, Catherine, Thomas, Sarah.

2. Elizabeth, 1765-1844; m. John Fornance, and had:
John, d. s. p., Rebecca, m. John Carr, but d. s. p., and Joseph
Fornance (2nd), who married Anna B. McKnight, and had :
Joseph Fornance, Esq. (1895), of Norristown, (3d), John, d. s.
p., Elizabeth, m. Edward P. Jones, Mary, Catherine, m. F. H.
Edmunds, James, Thomas.

3. John, d. s. p.

4. Rebecca, m. Wm. Keyser, but d. s. p.

5. Deborah, m. Anthony Kite, and had : Rebecca, Kitty,
m. — Heafly, Isaac.

6. Thomas, — 1774-1846, m. Susan Rittenhouse, and had :
Margaret, 1815-1893, d. single, Rebecca, 1820, m. Jacob S.
Kidd, Thos. R., 1824-1874, d. s. p.

7. Sarah, m. Daniel Rittenhouse, and had : Maria, who
m. William Umstead and left issue, and five other children, d.
s. p.

8. James, m. Hannah ; moved to Ohio.

9. Janet, m. Dr. George Vanderslice, and had : Edward,
Thomas, d. s. p., James, Rebecca, unm. ; Emma unm. ; Debo-
rah, m. Samuel Hopper, Kate Joseph, William R. ; Samuel
Hopper's daughter married Hon. William B. Hanna, Judge of
the Orphans' Court, of Philadelphia ; and a son, Harry S.
Hopper, resides at Narberth, Lower Merion, and Philadel-
phia.

ROBERTS.

" Herewith is some information relating to our family
which I trust will be of interest. We have only recently been
able to find who the parents of Aaron Roberts (born about
1682) were. This has puzzled us for several years. The dif-
ficulty has been that the early Welsh settlers usually named
their children after their father's given name (thus, John ap
Evan, Owen ap Robert, or John the son of Evan, Owen the
son of Robert), and these given names thus became the family
names (as in the above cases, John Evans, Owen Roberts).
This was very generally done at the time of their coming to
this country. In the letter of removal which the father of our
ancestor, Aaron Roberts, brought with him to this country in
1690 his name is given Robert Ellis. He afterward signed it
Ellis Robert (or else this was his son's signature). He came
over at the time that Hugh Roberts, who was a noted min-
ister among the Friends, returned to this country after a re-
ligious visit to his old home. Hugh had previously come
over about 1683. The letter of removal given to Robert Ellis
is a very fine one, and speaks of both himself and his wife, Elin,
as having been " Preachers of Righteousness to and amongst
their neighbors," and as having been " convinced of the truth
about twenty years before" (i. e., before 1690). At the same
Quarterly Meeting at Tyddyn y Gareg, a very beautiful letter
was given to Hugh Roberts, then returning to this country.
As he and Ellis came over together, it seems altogether likely
that they were related, and this is supported by the fact that
all the children of Robert Ellis took the name of Roberts as
their family name.1 The first son, Abel, married Mary Prince
in 1701, and to his marriage certificate, in the family column,

■There is certainly nothing in this fact to prove any relationship to Hugh
Roberts or to any other family of that name. The sons simply took their father's
Christian name as their surname. That is all. — T. A. G.

Roberts. 285

under the name of himself and wife, appear the names of Moses
Robert, Ellis Robert, Aaron Robert and Evan Robert, which
are the names of four of the children of Robert Ellis, as given
in his letter of removal, and undoubtedly these four were his
children and the brothers of Abel.

SUMMARY.

Willis Read Roberts, born Dec. 9th, 1854, is the son
of John Roberts (born 11 -mo. 8, 1823) and Mary Read, mar-
ried 1 1 -mo. 1, 1849.

John Roberts was the son of John Roberts (born 9-mo.
8, 1769) and Rachel Shoemaker (married 12-mo. 10, 1801).
This John Roberts was the son of Joseph Roberts (born 9-mo.
11, 1729) and Hannah Rees (married 11-mo. 13, 1757).
Joseph Roberts was the son of Aaron Roberts (born about
1682) and Sarah Longworthy (married 8-mo. 6, 1727). This
Aaron Roberts was the son of Robert Ellis, as his name is
given in his letter of removal from the Quarterly Meeting at
Tyddyn y Gareg in Merioneth, Wales, dated 5-mo. 28th, 1690,
and Elin, his wife. He and his wife and seven children, Abel,
Moses, Ellis, Aaron, Evan, Rachel and Jane, came to this coun-
try in 1690. They were probably both of middle age (perhaps
45 to 50 years old) when they came over. Aaron, the fourth
child, was probably 8 or 10 years old in 1690. He bought
land in Norriton (now in and about Norristown) in 1714; mar-
ried Sarah Longworthy of Radnor, in 1727, and was our great-
great-grandfather. Aaron, born 1682; Joseph, 1729; John,
1769; John, 1823; and Willis, 1854.

My father, John Roberts, born Nov. 8th, 1823, married
on Nov. 1st, 1849, Mary Adamson Read, born Sep. 14th,
1824. Their children were Elihu R., born December 12th,
185 1, • Willis Read, born Dec. 9th, 1854; Ellen, Nov. 17th,
1858, died March nth, 1863; and Joseph, born April 4th,
1864, died Jan. 2, 1865. Elihu R., married September 3, 1891,
Isabella Webster, born August 19, 1856, and they have one
daughter, Gene, born Nov. 9th, 1893.

286 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Willis Read Roberts, married June 3rd, 1880, Margaret
Martin Jamison, born June 4th, 1856. They have three sons,
Willis Read, born May i, 1881 ; Victor Jamison, born Jan. 29,
1883 ; and Paul Greir, born Nov. 15, 1888.

Communicated by Willis Read Roberts, 6 22, 1895.

NOTES ON THE WALKER AND THOMAS FAMILY,
OF RADNOR.1

Lewis Walker came to America in 1687 from Merioneth
in Wales, the vessel having, tradition says, an exceedingly
tedious passage. One of the passengers, upon this same ship,
was Mary Morris. Lewis Walker and Mary Morris were mar-
ried 2nd-mo. 22nd, 1693, at Friends' Meeting-house, Chester,
now Delaware County. They settled first in Radnor, where
Lewis purchased three hundred acres of land, and took up
two hundred more on rent; about 1708 he sold this property
and purchased one thousand acres in the Great Valley, Tre-
dryfifrin Township, Chester County. This was about seven
miles from their Radnor home, and it was a great trial to his
wife to remove so far into the wilderness — the other side of
the Welsh Mountains, as the South Valley Hills were then
called. On account of the great spring near which they built
their new home he called the place " Rehobath." Much of this
land, including " Rehobath," is still owned and occupied by
his descendants. A letter to Lewis Walker from his sister,
Jane, which is still preserved, is copied because it gives some
account of the members of the family remaining in Great
Britain. So far as is known Jane Walker never came to this
country. The Valley Friends' Meeting was held first at the
house of Lewis Walker in the 2nd-mo., 17 14, and from that
time till 173 1 was held alternately at Lewis Walker's and
Joseph Richardson's. By his will, which is dated ioth-mo.
14th, 1728, Lewis Walker gave the land now occupied as the
Friends' Valley Graveyard " to the people of his persuasion
for a graveyard forever." Upon a portion of this land a meet-
ing-house was erected, which was torn down in 1871, and a
new house erected on the opposite side of the road.

•Communicated by Mr. Joseph R. Rhoads, of Overbrook, Pennsylvania, 1895-

288 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Lewis Walker was buried ioth-mo. 23rd, 1728, and his
wife, Mary Walker, died 3rd-mo. 19th, 1747, aged 80 years.
They were both interred in the ground which he had given to
Friends.

Lewis and Mary Walker had eight children :

I. Lewis Walker married Mary Morris.

II. Isaac Walker married Sarah Jerman.

III. Joseph Walker married Sarah Thomas.

IV. Zillah Walker married Abel Thomas.

V. Naomi Thomas married Joseph Rhoads.

VI. James Rhoads married Alice Sellers.

VII. Joseph R. Rhoads, of Overbrook, Pennsylvania,
married Amanda Seal.

VIII. Alice S. Rhoads, born 1868, married to Henry
W. Marston, 1870.

VIII. Joseph Howard Rhoads.

THE THOMAS FAMILY.

I. David Thomas married Anna Noble.

II. Abel Thomas married Zillah Walker.

III. Noami Thomas married Joseph Roads.

IV. James Roads married Alice Sellers.

V. Joseph R. Roads, of Overbrook.

David Thomas, it is believed, came from Wales, but all
efforts to trace him, among the numerous " David Thomases"
mentioned among the early settlers of Pennsylvania, have
failed. An old Bible belonging to his family which is re-
membered as having many. closely written pages of Family
Record was lost in the " Great Fire" of 1850, when the house
of Isaiah Jeanes was destroyed. This much we find in the
records of Abington Monthly Meeting, that David Thomas
and Anna Noble (see page 49) were married at a Friends'
Meeting held at Abington, Montgomery County, 8th-mo.,
1731-

Abel Thomas received a certificate from Gwynedd
Monthly Meeting to Radnor Monthly Meeting dated 11th-
mo. 30th, 1773, "to proceed in marriage with a member

Walker and Thomas Family. 289

of that Meeting." He married Zillah Walker, daughter
of Joseph and Sarah Walker, at the Valley Meeting-
House, Tredyffrin, Chester County, i2th-mo. 29th, 1773.
In 1774 Abel and Zillah Thomas removed from Cwyn-
edd to Radnor. In 1778 twenty-six pounds, twelve shill-
ings and six pence were taken from Abel Thomas as sub-
stitute money. About this time he purchased a farm at
Abington, but his wife's failing health making her loath to re-
move so far from her relatives, he sold the place, receiving
the price in " Continental" money, which, before he could re-
invest, became utterly worthless. Through the dishonesty of
his partner in the milling business he lost the remainder of his
property. The wife of Abel Thomas died about 1793, and his
own death, in 1797, left his children unprovided for. The loss
of the family Bible, before referred to, and the loss of some of
the Monthly Meeting Records in the time of the Revolution-
ary War, make it impossible, now, to give many of the dates
accurately. It is related that when Mary Thomas, daughter
of said Abel Thomas, was a little girl she was spinning on an
old wheel which broke the thread very frequently. Governor
Mifflin calling to see her father on business noticed the cir-
cumstance, and the conduct of the child, which pleased him so
much he ordered a new wheel to be sent her with the mes-
sage, " that it was for the most patient little girl he had ever
seen."

Naomi Thomas, after the death of her parents, before she
was fourteen years of age, resided for a time with her father's
sister, Anna Roberts, and afterwards with her uncle, William
Thomas, who had married her mother's sister, Naomi, but
who, so far as is known, was no relation to her father, Abel
Thomas. Notwithstanding the kindness of her uncle and
aunt the young orphan felt very lonely in the large family of
cousins, among whom she was now thrown. So when her father's
brother, Joshua Thomas, offered her a home in his almost
childless household, she gladly accepted the offer, and his
home was hers until the 16th of ist-mo., 1806, at which time

W. T,— 37.

290 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

she married Joseph Rhoads. He brought his bride home to
his widowed mother, and she, who had not known a mother's
love since a little child, found a kind, loving and motherly
heart ready and willing to lighten the burden and teach the
inexperienced young housekeeper. And, after thirty-six years
of happy married life, her pure spirit passed away to eternal
rest on the 9th of the 8th-mo., 1842.

THE PARRY FAMILY, OF RADNOR.

Thomas Parry, " the son of Henry Rees, of ye Parish of
Henllan in ye Co. of Cardigan," married " Elinor, dau. of John
ap Edward, of ye Parish of Lanelwi in ye Co. of Radnor,"
Wales.

Thomas Parry owned land in Radnor, Pa., and also other
land which he sold 14th of i2th-mo., 1702, for £70 to Richard
Moore.

The record of Deed recites that Roger Hughes, of Llan-
vihanglryd, in Co. of Radnor, yeoman, hath sold to Thomas
Parry, of Llanelwith, in Co. aforesaid, weaver, the number and
quantity of 125 acres of land, in township of Radnor, together
with city lot and city liberty in city of Philadelphia, for sum
of £6, lawful money of England. Thomas Parry's certificate
from the Quarterly Meeting in Radnorshire bears date 5th of
ye 5th-mo., 1699. His eldest son, Edward, married, 8th-mo.
6, 1710, Jane Evans, spinster, second daughter of Robert
Evans, of County of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsyl-
vania. Edward died 2nd-mo. 28, 1726.

Thomas Parry, Jr., son of above Thomas, married Jane
Philips, 8th-mo. 27, 1715, a daughter of Philip Philips, one of
the early Welsh Quaker settlers of Radnor, who died 12th-
mo. 25, 1697, and Phoebe Evans, his wife (md. 4th-mo. 1,
1693), daughter of Stephen Evans and Elizabeth, of ye Par-
ish of Llanbister, Radnorshire. Thomas Parry, Jr.'s, children
were : Thomas, Philip, John, Stephen, Edward, David, Mary,
Jacob, Isaac and Martha. He owned a grist mill a few years
before his death, and was Township Collector at Horsham
1723. He died 5th-mo. 18, 1749.

John Parry, son of above Thomas Parry, Jr., and Jane
Philips, was born 2nd-mo. 25, 172 1, died nth-mo. 10, 1789.
He lived about one mile from Willow Grove, at what is now
known as Morgan's Corner. The assessment in Horsham for

292 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1776 mentions John Parry as having a grist mill and 106 acres
of ground. He married at Horsham Monthly 9th-mo. 21,
1751, Margaret Tyson, a daughter of Derrick Tyson and
Ann Hooten, and granddaughter of Rinert Tisen and Mar-
garet, his wife, who were among the first settlers of German-
town. John Parry's children were Thomas, who md. Eliza-
beth Childs ; John md. Elizabeth Roberts ; Benjamin md.
Jane Paxson ; Phebe md. Silas Walton ; Stephen died young.
David and Daniel, who md. Martha Dilworth, Parryville, Car-
bon Co., Pa., is named for Daniel Parry, who owned land in
Carbon, Wayne and Luzerne Counties.

Benjamin Parky, son of John Parry and Margaret (Tyson),
born 3rd-mo. 1, 1757; md. Jane Paxson, the dau. of Oliver
and Ruth (Watson) Paxson. Their children were : Oliver,
born 1 2th -mo. 20, 1794, who md. Rachel Randolph, a dau. of
Edward Randolph, of Philadelphia; Ruth and Jane, who
never married ; and Margaret, who md. Charles B. Knowles ;
Benjamin Parry purchased property at New Hope, Bucks Co.,
Pa., in 1784, and erected flour and saw mills and afterwards
an oil mill for the manufacture of linseed oil, and added
another flour mill on the opposite side of the Delaware River,
in New Jersey, about 1800, which he called Prime Hope
Mills. He was also interested with Timothy Paxson in the
flour commission and storage business in Philadelphia. It was
mainly due to the exertions of Samuel D. Ingham and Benj.
Parry that the act to build the bridge across the Delaware
River at New Hope was obtained. He was a man of con-
siderable scientific attainment.

Oliver Parry, son of Benjamin Parry and Jane (Paxson),
married Rachel Randolph, dau. of Edward Randolph and
Julianna (Steele). Their children were : Julianna R., who
married John Tatum, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; Jane P., md. Caleb
Winslow, M. D., of Baltimore, Md. ; Elizabeth R. died young;
Major Edward R. Parry, U. S. A.,1 md. Frances E., dau. of

'Major Edward R. Parry, United States Army, appointed from Minnesota,
First Lieutenant Eleventh Infantry, May, 1861 ; on recruiting duty July to Sep-

Parry Family. 293

Gen. Justin Dimick, U. S. A. ; Ruth E. died young ; Richard
Randolph Parry md. Ellen L. Read, dau. of Rufus Read, of
Portland, Me. ; Margaret J. died young ; George R. Parry, M.
D., Ph. G., md. Elizabeth Van Etten ; Mary R., md. Professor
Joseph Gibbons Richardson, M. D., of Philadelphia ; Emma,
md. William Jolliffe, C. E., of Boutetourt Co., Va. ; Oliver P.
died young, and Helen R. md. Thomas Marsh Smith, Jr., of
Baltimore, Md.

tember, 1861 ; with regiment to December, 1861 ; on recruiting duty to April,
1862 ; Assistant Commissary of Subsistence ; Quartermaster and Adjutant, Post of
Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Mass., to September, 1864; rejoined regiment First
Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, Army of Potomac, and engaged at the siege
of Petersburg, battle of Weldon Railroad, actions of Chapel House, Boynton
Plank Road, and battle of Hatcher's Run, Va. ; Assistant Adjutant General of the
regular Brigade ; with the Headquarters Army of the Potomac to the surrender
of Gen. R. E. Lee ; with regiment at Richmond, Va., to October, 1866 ; Chief
Commissary of Musters Department of the Potomac, Washington, D. C., to January,
1867 ; Captain Eleventh United States Infantry, October, 1864 ; transferred to
the Twentieth United States Infantry by the reorganization of the army ; Brevet
Major United States Army for gallant and meritorious services during the war ; in
the Department of the Gulf and Recorder of the Retiring Board, New York City.
[Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army. By
Guy V. Henry. New York: Carleton, publisher, 1869.]

ARMS OF JOHN THOMAS.
Gules, a lion rampant, argent, armed and langued azure.

JOHN AP THOMAS AND THE JONES FAMILY, OF
MERION, DESCENDED FROM HIM.

North of Narberth station, between Montgomery Avenue
and the Schuylkill River, beginning just beyond the Price
farm, near Merion Meeting-House, and extending westward,
formerly as far as the farm known as St. Mary's, a part of the
property of the late Colonel Owen Jones, stretched, in Colonial
times, the great plantation of the three brothers Thomas,
Robert and Cadwalader Jones, and to this very day is mostly

owned by their descendants. The
writer penetrated this picturesque
but little known part of Lower
Merion one morning last summer. This region, called by some
" The Jones Country," is full of historic interest to any one
familiar with the early settlement of Merion. So far as can be
ascertained probably six or seven hundred acres are still held,
here, by the descendants of John Thomas, the first purchaser.
Silas Jones, Esquire, an attorney-at-law in Philadelphia, is one
of the present owners and descendants.

John ap Thomas and the Jones Family. 295

Not far from his house is the home of his kinsman, Mr.
Walter Jones, a descendant of the first Silas, so he informed
me, and the fortunate owner of the original homestead, which
he kindly pointed out. It stands but a few hundred yards to
the eastward of Mr. Silas Jones' place.

There were until recently three houses here grouped near
together. One of these was the original log house built by
Katherine Robert, widow of John Thomas, and her eldest son,
Thomas Jones. This ancient land-mark, I was informed, was
recently taken down, having been first photographed by the
family. Another house, yet in good condition, is the stone
building which in a few years after the first settlement took
the place of the log hut. The third house is a comfortable
mansion erected later on in Colonial days, and since altered
and modernized. The ancestor of this family was John ap
Thomas, " gentleman," as he called himself, of Llaithgwm
Township in Penllyn, Merionethshire.

Of this early Cymric Friend, who, with Dr. Edward Jones,
was a trustee of the Company of Merioneth Adventurers and
therefore one of the founders of old Merion Township, much
has been said in the opening chapters of this work. His
genealogy, derived partly from the old MS. parchment pedi-
gree made out for him in 1682, in Wales and partly by the
comparison thereof with the Herald's Visitations and Welsh
Records, is given very fully under the head of the Cadwalader
Family, who are descended from Cadwalader Thomas ap
Hugh, the elder brother of John Thomas. Under these cir-
cumstances, as the pedigree can readily be referred to in the
pages of this work, only the later generations, in brief form,
will be given here :

Einion ap Cynwrig (a 2nd son of Cynwrig ap Llywarch,
of Carwedd Fynydd), is described as of Cerrig y Drudion, in
the County of Denbigh, North Wales, and was a direct male
descendant of Marchweithian, Lord of Is-Aled, who claimed
descent from the early Kings of the Island of Britain.

296 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Einion ap Cynwrig was no doubt deceased before 1380 or
sooner. He had a son : David ap Einion, who had a son :
Ievan Ddu, who had a son : Ievan Goch, of Cwm Pen Aner,
in the parish of Cerrig y Drudion (called of Brammer in the
parish of Kerrig y Drudion, and County Denbigh, in MS.
Pedigree of John ap Thomas, 1682). This Ievan Goch mar-
ried Gwenhwyfer, a daughter of Thomas ap David Gam, who
was Knighted on the field of Agincourt by Henry V., when
dying, 141 5. By her Ievan had two sons. One of these was
called Griffith ap Ievan Goch, who had a son by name of
Robert ap Griffith, whose daughter Catherine espoused
Thomas Lloyd, of Gwern y Brechtwn, and had Mary Lloyd,
who married one Richard, of Tyddin Tyfod in Merioneth-
shire, ancestor to Edward Price (alias Rees), of Merion, and
Hannah, wife of Rees John William, etc., besides which the
above named Thomas Lloyd was direct male ancestor unto
Edward Foulke Lloyd, alias Edward Foulke, who settled in
Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, in the year 1698 ; and of divers
others among the early colonists in the Province of Pennsyl-
vania.

The other son of Ievan Goch was Rhys ap Ievan Goch,
of Cerrig y Drudion as aforesaid. He had a son called :
Tudor ap Rhys, who had : Rhys Goch ap Tudor, who had :
Ievan ap Rhys Goch, who had : Hugh ap Ievan ap Rhys
Goch.

They and their issue were always the best men in their
county and had many descendants who were counted amongst
the most respectable families of Merionethshire and Denbigh-
shire, and likewise of the most thrifty and foremost among
those who settled in Penn's Province. This Hugh ap Ievan,
who was probably alive circa 1650, had, so far as we are in-
formed, two sons and one daughter. The daughter married

one Robert ap , and had issue. The younger son,

called Owen ap Hugh, was of Penllyn. He married and had
issue. One of his daughters married Thomas Andrews, of
Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, and her sister, Mably, married
Edward Rees (alias Price), of Merion.

John ap Thomas and the Jones Family. 297

The eldest son of Hugh ap Ievan was called Thomas ap
Hugh, of Wern Fawr, in the Parish of Llandderfel, in the
Comot of Penllyn, Merionethshire, " gentleman ;" died prior
to 1682. His will was proved at St. Asaph. He had several
children : the eldest son was called Cadwalader Thomas ap
Hugh, and was the father of John Cadwalader, of Merion,
1697. (See Cadwalader.) There was a third son, Hugh
Thomas, and two daughters, one of whom married Gawen
Vaughan, of Hendre Mawr (and had Robert and Thomas
Vaughan), and the other one married Maurice Edward, of Cae
Mor.

The second son of Thomas ap Hugh was called John ap
Thomas, or as he often wrote it, John Thomas (1682), who
was the associate of Dr. Edward Jones, one of the founders of
old Merioneth Town, and the father of the three brothers :
Thomas, Robert and Cadwalader, who were therefore ap John
ox John's sons, but who assumed the surname of Jones, a name
which their descendants have ever since retained. Some years
since the late J. J. Levick, M. D., printed in the Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography (Vol. IV.), a detailed and
interesting sketch of John ap Thomas.

As Dr. Levick, although not a descendant, had in his
possession the family papers of Thomas Jones, the eldest son,
little of interest can be added to that sketch, so that we will
draw very freely upon it here. John ap Thomas had never
been in robust health, and the exposures which he endured on
account of his religious convictions, tended to shorten his
life. He died upon the 3d day of the 3d-month, just as he
was about embarking for the Province of Pennsylvania to settle
his 1000 acres of land, his share in the company.

After the death of John Thomas his widow, called after
the Welsh fashion, Katherine Robert, i. e., Katherine, the
daughter of Robert, and his children, made immediate prepara-
tions to embark for Pennsylvania.

" The certificate of removal, furnished by the religious so-
ciety of which she was a member, is in these words :

W. T. — 38.

298 i Merion in the Welsh Tract.

To all whom it may concern :

Whereas, Katerine Robert, of Llaithgwm, in ye County of
Merioneth, widow, hath declared before us her intention in order
to her and her families removal to Pensilvania in America, wee
thought it convenient to certify in her and their behalfe yt she is
one yt received the truth for these ten years past, and that hath
walked since answerable to the truth according to her measure.
She is a woman yt never gave occasion to ye the enemies of truth
to open their mouths against ye truth which she owned: her child-
ren taught and educated in the fear of the Lord from their infancy
Answerable to ye duty of parents, both professing and possessing
ye truth.

from our mens & womens
meetings ye 18 of 5mo. 1683.

Robert Owen Edward Griffith Elizabeth Wm. Bowen

Richard Price Cadd Lewis Elizabeth John

Margaret Cadwalader
& others.

And so, in the 7th-month, 1683, Katherine Thomas, with
her sons, daughters and servants, numbering in all twenty-
persons, in the ship Morning Star, of Chester, Thomas Hayes,
Master, set sail for the New World.

It was a long and sad voyage, as these records in their
family Bible, made by her son, Thomas Jones, show. ' Our
dear sister Sydney departed this Life the 29th day of the 7th
month, 1683, as we were a coming from ye said place (Mer-
ionethshire) to Pennsylvania, on board the ship Morning Star,
Thomas Hayes, Master.' A little later occurs another sad
record. ' Our dear sister Mary departed this Life the 18th of
ye 8th month, 1683, at sea in the said Journey.'

As has already been said the surviving members of the
family arrived here in November, 1683, and at once proceeded
to their ' country home called Gelli yr Cochiaid,1 in the town-
ship of Merion in ye county of Philadelphia.'

Stricken and bereaved as she was, Katherine Thomas still
had left to her brave, manly sons and loving daughters, who
seem to have left nothing undone for her comfort that filial re-
spect and affection could suggest. She lived fourteen years
longer, but does not seem to have been much from her home.

■" Gelli yr Cochiaid" — " the grove of the red partridges."

John ap Thomas and the Jones Family. 299

The marriage of her son Robert Jones, bachelor, to Ellen
Jones, spinster, took place at her house 1 i-mo. 3, 1693. Her
death is thus recorded in the family Bible, by her son Thomas
Jones. ' Our dear mother, Katherin Thomas, departed this
life the 18th day of ye 11 month,. 1697, about ye 2d or 3d hour
in ye morning (as we thought), & she was buryed next day."
One month later her son Evan1 died, and there were left of
her children, Katherine, Robert, Cadwalader, and Thomas ap
John, or, as they now wrote the name, Jones.

Katharine married Robert Roberts, son of Hugh Roberts,
an eminent minister in the Society of Friends, whose descend-
ants are well known and respected in Philadelphia.

Cadwalader Jones engaged in the shipping trade, made
many voyages to Barbadoes and elsewhere, and seems to have
prospered largely.

Robert Jones was a useful member of both civil and re-
ligious society, was a justice of the peace, a member of the
Provincial Assembly, and altogether a very popular man.
His marriage with Ellen Jones,2 spinister, has already been
noted.

Thomas Jones married Anne, daughter of Griffith John,
and was father of one son and several daughters. He died
8-mo. 6, 1727. In the memorial prepared by his Meeting con-
cerning him it is said, ' his conduct was exemplary, his min-
istry sound and edifying, inoffensive in life and conversation,
and zealously concerned for the promotion of the Truth. He
lived in love and unity among Friends, and died 8-mo. 6,
1727.' His will, a copy of which is among these old papers,
shows that, in addition to several hundred acres of land owned
by him in Merion, adjoining lands of Jonathan Jones (Wyne-
wood) he had also a tract of land in Goshen, Chester County,
Pennsylvania. It was by Thomas Jones that these old and
original papers, which have been quoted, were preserved, and

'The minutes of Merion Preparative Meeting show that Evan Jones be-
queathed a small legacy to the Meeting for the use of its poor.

2Ellen Jones was a sister of David Jones, of Blockley, who, with his wife
Katherine, emigrated to Pennsylvania in the year 1699.

300 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

by his daughter transmitted to his descendants. As has
already been said, everything that is left by him shows him to
have been no ordinary man. Beside those already given,
among his manuscripts are drafts of the Minutes of the Meet-
ings of Ministers and Elders of Haverford Monthly Meeting
(A. D. 1709, et seq.), letters to their relatives in Wales respect-
ing fatherless children whose welfare he had kindly looked
after, ' testimonies ' concerning deceased ministers of his own
religious society, and other interesting papers.

Faithful in the discharge of his duties to his fellowmen,
active in civil and in religious society, an earnest and yet an
humble Christian, he proved of inestimable value to the mem-
bers of the new colony with whom his lot was cast, and was a
worthy descendant of the old and noble race from which he
came."

It has been stated that John ap Thomas died 3-mo. 3rd,
1682. His will, remaining at Philadelphia, was proved here
1688, and has been abstracted as follows :

Will of John Thomas.

" Be it known unto all whom it may concern that I John
Thomas of Llaethgwm in the Comott of Penllin within the County
of Merionyth, Gentleman, being weak in body," etc.

Clause concerning 5000 acres of land purchased of William
Penn by himself and Edward Jones, of Bala, as trustees.

Sons, Thomas Jones, Robert John, Evan John, Cadwalader
John; Daughters, Katharine, Mary, Sidney and "Elizabeth, now
wife of Rees Evan, of the township of Penmaen, in the County of
Merionyth."

Wife, Kathriue.

" My nephew John the younger son of my Brother Cadwalader
Thomas."

" My nephew Thomas Cadwalader."

" My Brother Cadwalader Thomas Late of Kiltalgarth and
now deceased."

" Nieces Katherine and Jane, daughters of Cadwalader
Thomas."

" Kathrine my dear wife I doe hereby nominate and appoint
to be sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament ; and I doe
desire my Dear trusty and well beloved Friends John ap John of
the parish of Rhiwabon in the County of Denbigh j Thomas Ellis
of Cyfanedd in the County of Merionyth ; Thomas Wynne late of

John ap Thomas and the Jones Family. 301

Bronvadog near Caerwys in the County of fflynt ; Robert David of
Gwernevel in the County of Merionyth ; Hugh Roberts of Kiltal-
garth in sd County ; Edward Jones late of Bala Chirurgion of the
same County ; Robert Vaughn of Gwernevel aforesaid in the sd
County of Merionyth ; Edward Moris of Lavodgyfaner in the fore-
sd. County of Denbigh ; Robert Owen late of fron goch, and my
son in law Rees Evans of fronween, both neer Bala in the foresd.
County of Merionyth; to be overseeors of this my last Will."
Dated 9th Feb. 1682 ; proved at Philadelphia, 1688 ; original No.
41 of that year, Rec. in Will-Book A. pp. 77-82.

In this will, which is quite a lengthy document, he leaves
his share of his Pennsylvania land, namely 1000 acres, to be
equally divided amongst his sons, with reversions, excepting
the dower interests of his wife in the same property. He
leaves also to each of his children the sum of ^20 in cash,
probably equal to $700 or $800 of our money, and mentions
his interest in the Society of Free Traders of Pennsylvania.
John ap Thomas, or his wife, was in some way related to Dr.
Edward Jones, of Merion, probably a first cousin.

Katherine Thomas, alias Katherine Robert, left a will,
but this cannot now be found, although it was apparently pro-
bated. The children of this couple took the surname of
Jones.

John ap Thomas left issue by Katherine, his wife :

1. Thomas Jones, m. Anne, dau. Griffith John.

2. Robert Jones, m. Ellen Jones, sister of David Jones.

3. Evan Jones, d. unm., 12-mo., 1697.

4. Cadwalader Jones.

5. Katherine, m. Robert Roberts.

6. Mary, d. 18th of 8th mo., 1683; unm. (at sea).

7. Sidney, d. 29th of 7th mo., 1683; unm. (at sea).

8. Elizabeth, m. Rees Evan, of Fron Ween, Penmaen,
Penllyn, Merionethshire. Their son, Evan Rees, removed to
Pennsylvania, and his daughter, Sidney, married Robert Rob-
erts, of Pencoyd, ancestor to George B. Roberts, President of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. (See that family.)

302 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Thomas Jones, of Merion, " yeoman," eldest son of John
ap Thomas,1 of Laithgwm, " gentleman," born at Llaithgwm,
Merionethshire, Wales ; died in Merion Township, Philadel-
phia County, 8-mo. 6th, 1727. (For particulars see supra.)
He married Anne, daughter of Griffith John2 (alias Griffith
Jones), of Merion. He was a son of John ap Evan, of Penllyn,
Merionethshire, Wales,3 son of Evan ap Robert ap Lewis ap
Griffith ap Howell ap Einion ap Deikws Ddu ap Madog ap
Ievan Goch ap David Goch, of Penllech, ap Trahairn Goch/
ap Madoc ap Rhys Gloff, Lord of Cymytmaen. Griffith John

was first cousin to Robert Owen,
*fa&A/t^ atld quite a prominent person. He
* held a tract of about 187 acres of
& land to the northwest of where

Bala station now is. He had two sons, who assumed the sur-
name of Griffith, viz. : Evan and John. The will of Thomas
Jones bears date 6-month 31st, and was proved 5 August,
I728.s He mentions his wife, Anne, then living, and his child-
ren : Evan, Elizabeth and Robert. He names as trustees, his
" cousins, Robert Roberts and Jonathan Jones." The wit-
nesses are: Thomas Moore, Richard George and Robert
Jones.

Robert Jones, of Merion, " yeoman," 2nd son of John ap
Thomas, of Llaithgwm, " gentleman," born at Llaithgwm,
Merionethshire, Wales ; died in Merion Township, Philadel-
phia County, 1746. He married Ellin, sister of David Jones,
of Blockley Township. Robert Jones was a Justice of the
Peace for Merion, a member of the Provincial Assembly, and
a very prominent man among Friends. He purchased the
plantation called " Mount Arrarat," from David Hugh ; was
the owner of " Glanrason," containing 1 89 acres, and of con-

'See will of John ap Thomas here produced. Thomas Jones was under age
9 February, 1682.

^Friends' Records.

sMS. pedigree of the Owen and Evans Families.

<See Owen Genealogy.

EWill Book E, p. 85, Philadelphia,

John ap Thomas and the Jones Family. 303

siderable other land, inherited from his father, including a
large tract in Goshen, Chester County. Altogether he was
possessed, at the time of his death, of about 1000 acres in Mer-
ion, and 426 acres in Goshen and neighborhood. By his will
dated 21st of 7-mo. 1746, he devised " Glanrason" and other
lands to his son, Gerrad Jones ; " Mount Arrarat" and other
lands to his daughter Elizabeth Jones, and his other planta-
tions to his son Robert Jones. Robert and Ellin Jones had
issue :

1. Elizabeth, b. 9-mo. 6th, 1695.

2. John, b. 10-mo. 29th, 1697 ; d. infant.

3. John, b. 1 1 -mo. 20th, 1698; d. infant.

4. Katherine, b. 11 -mo. 12th, 1700; m. Thomas Evans.

5 . Ann, b. 7-mo. 14th, 1 702 ; m. James Jones, of Blockley.

6. Gerrad, b. 12-mo. 28th, 1705-6; m. 1st, Sarah Lloyd;
m. 2ndly, Ann Humphrey.

7. Robert, b. 6-mo. 3d, 1709.

Gerrad Jones, of " Glanrason," in Merion, eldest son of
Robert and Ellin, born in Merion Township 12-mo. 28th,
1705-6; died there prior to 1782. He married, 1st, Sarah,
daughter of Robert Lloyd, of Merion, and Lowry, daughter
Rees John William ; married, 2ndly, Ann, daughter of Benja-
min Humphrey, of Merion.

Gerrad Jones had by his first wife :

1. Priscilla, b. 1730; supposed to have d. unm.

Robert, b. 173 1.

Silas,1 b. 1733.

Ellin ; m., 1st, Robert Roberts ; 2ndly Isaac Lewis.

Paul ; m. Phoebe Roberts, of whom presently.

Sarah ; d. infant.

'The History of the Levering Family, of Pennsylvania, gives the marriage of
a Levering with a Silas Jones, of this family. There were numerous descendants
of this marriage, but whether this is the Silas mentioned, or a later generation, the
absence of information on the subject from the family prevents my determining.

Note. — The scope of this work will not permit of any extended genealogy
of the descendants of John ap Thomas. The notes here given are only intended
to serve as a guide for the investigator.

304 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

By his second wife he had:

1. Benjamin.

2. Edward.

Paul Jones, 3d son of Gerrad Jones, of Merion, married
9th month 24th, 1764, Phebe Roberts, and had :

Rees Jones, born in Merion, 1st month 14th, 1772 ; died
in Ohio, 5 th month 13th, 1849. He married, first, in 1793,
Hannah Powell, and had by her four children, and married,
secondly, Catharine Humbert [Von Stadtenfield], and had ten
children.

Children of Rees Jones by Hannah Powell:

1. Rebecca Ann, m. Francis Laesher.

2. Hannah, m. Charles Sontag.

3. Benjamin, ob. infant.

4. Rees Roberts, m. Lydia F. Shepperd.
Children of Rees Jones by Catharine, his second wife :

1. Paul, ob. unm.

2. Ellen, m. Rev. John Mcllhenny.

3. Catharine, m. William Thorne.

4. David, m. Emeline Jones.

5. Lydia, m. Ralph Means.

6. William Lloyd, m. Mary Laing.

7. Marcus Aurelius, m. Salina Snowdon.

8. Caroline Alden, m. David Aiken, Jr., of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania (1895).

9. George.

10. Mary, m. George W. Morris.

THE HERBERT AND AWBREY FAMILIES OF

WALES, AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN

MERION TOWNSHIP IN THE PROVINCE

OF PENNSYLVANIA. REES AND

MARTHA (AWBREY) THOMAS.

Jenkin ap Adam, Lord of Kevendyglwydd, who lived in the
time of Edward III. and Richard II., kings of England, is the first
ancestor of the Herbert family of whom we have any authen-
tic record. He is said by some to have also borne the sur-
name of Herbert, and to have been the descendant of a Nor-
man family of that name which was famous at the time of the
Conquest ; but this is questionable. He had : Gwilim (Wil-
liam) ap Jenkin, Lord of Kevendyglwydd, who married Wenl-
lian (died 1377), a daughter of Howell Vychan, descended from
Ynir "King," or Lord, of Gwent. Gwilim had a fourth son :

Thomas ap Gwilim, of Perthir, who died 1438 ; he mar-
ried Maud, daughter and heiress of Sir John Morley, knight,
and had a fifth son :

Sir William ap Thomas; knighted in the year 1426,
died 1446. He acquired the castle and demesne lands of
Raglan in some way from the Morley family, his mother's
people, and married, for his second wife, Gwladis, daughter of
Sir David Gam, and widow of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tre'rtwr,

David Gam, says a Welsh historian, deserves more than
a passing notice. The name by which he was known at the
time he lived was David ap Llewelyn, the dignity of knight-
hood being only conferred upon him as ( his last breath was
escaping on the stricken field of Agincourt. Of impulsive
and violent temper, he was a dangerous man either to a friend
or foe. " He lived like a wolf," says his historian, " and died
like a lion."

He started in life by slaying a kinsman in the streets of
Brecon, and fled to England to escape the consequences. He
w. t. — 39.

306 Morion in the Welsh Tract. '

was a strong partisan, after this, of the English Kings, Henry

IV. and Hemy V., under the former of which he undertook,
in 1402, the assassination of the patriot Owen Glendower, his
brother-in-law, who had just traversed Breconshire with fire
and sword, at Machynlleth ; and for his pains, though on
account of his relationship to Glendower, he escaped exe-
cution, got several years imprisonment. This was the darkest
blot on the stormy life of David Gam, for though the provo-
cation was doubtless great, yet the mode of retaliation was
base and atrocious. He was no sooner released than he again
devoted himself to the cause of the Henry's. In 141 5 Henry

V. met the French, at Agincourt, and there, in the crisis of a
signal victory, when Henry himself was hemmed in and borne
down by the French knights, David Gam, with others of his
countrymen, rushed to the rescue of the king and effected his
deliverance ; but the brave deliverer fell mortally wounded.
Henry, on the spot, as the last blood was ebbing, with his
shivered sword, dubbed him a knight, conferring the same
honor on Gam's son-in-law, Roger Vaughan, who also fell.

The name of this cruel, but brave, Welshman was long
remembered, and is made immortal by Shakespeare (in his
Play of Henry V.), who makes the Herald, calling out the
names of the illustrious dead on the field of Agincourt, read
from the muster roll of the King's household troops that of
" Davy Gam, Esquire."

Let us then pass over his frailties, which were not perhaps

so great as those of many of his companions in arms, and,

" Say, he died a gallant knight,
With sword in hand for England's right."

Sir William Thomas, who was also at Agincourt, and is
also called William Thomas Herbert, had by his second wife
several sons, two of whom were :

1. William Herbert, created Earl of Pembroke.

2. Sir Richard Herbert.

Sir Richard Herbert, second son of Sir William
Thomas (Herbert), was of Coldbrook, and was slain at Ban-
bury in 1469. Of him his great-great-grandson, Lord Her-

GATEWAY AT RAGLAN, WALES.

The Herbert and Awbrey Families. 307

bert, of Cherbury, writes as " that incomparable hero, who
(in the history of Hall and Grafton as it appears) twice passed
through a great army of northern men alone, with his poleaxe
in his hand, and returned without mortal hurt, which is more
than is famed of Amardis de Galle, or the Knight of the Sun."
Coldbrook House is about a mile from the town of
Abergavenny in Monmouthshire. Sir Richard Herbert, hav-
ing married Margaret, daughter of Thomas ap Griffith Nich-
olas, of Dynevor, and sister to the renowned Sir Rhys ap
Thomas, who slew Richard III. on Bos worth Field, had
among other issue :

1. Sir William Herbert, from whom descended the family
of Hugh Gwyn, of Peniarth ; the Powells, of Llartwddyn; the
Humphreys, of Llwyn-du; the Owen family, of Merion in
Pennsylvania, and from them the families of Cadwalader, Bid-
die, Evans, Wharton, Ogden, Glenn, and many others.

2. Sir Richard Herbert.

Sir Richard Herbert, Knight, the second son, was of
Montgomery Castle, called also " of Cwm Ystwith and Pen-
celly." He was Gentleman Usher to King Henry VIII., and
resided in very great luxury at Blackhall.

Of him his great-grandson, Lord Herbert, of Cherbury,
relates, among other things, that " he delighted also much in
hospitality, as having a very long table twice covered, every
meal, with the best that could be gotten. This table, so richly
was it set every day, that everything that flies seems to have
been brought to it, and it was an ordinary saying in the
country at that time, when any fowl was seen to rise, ' Fly
where thou wilt thou wilt light at Blackhall.' "

Sir Richard married, as his second wife, Jane, daughter of
Gwilim ap Rees Philip, of Llwynhowell, in Carmarthenshire.
Their fourth child was :

Jane Herbert, who married first, Thomas Lloyd, and
secondly, William Awbrey, Esquire, of Aberkynfrig, who
died 27 June, 1 547. This William Awbrey was the son of
Hopkin Awbrey, a (by a daughter of John Griffith, of Gwyn,

308 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Esquire) son of Jenkin Awbrey, Esquire (by Gwenlliam,
daughter of Owain ap Griffith, Esquire, of Tal y Llyn), son of
Morgan Awbrey, Esquire, of Abenkynfrig (by Alice, daughter
of Watkin Thomas David Lloyd), son of Gwalter Awbrey (by
Juhan, daughter and heiress of Rees Morgan ap Einion, of
Carmarthen), son of Richard Awbrey (by Creslie, daughter of
Phe ap Eledr), son of Thomas Awbrey Goch, or the Red-
haired (by Nest, daughter of Owain Gethyn, of Glyn Taway),
son of Thomas Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, Constable, and Ranger
of the Forest of Brecon (by Johan, daughter of Trahaerne ap
Einion, Lord of Comond), son of Thomas Awbrey (by Anne,
daughter of John Cayraw, baron of Cayrowe, Carew), son of
William Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig (by Julia, daughter of Sir
William Gunter, Knight), second son of Sir Rinallt Awbrey
(by a daughter of the Earl of Clare and Priany), son of " St-
iant Awbrey, a second brother to the Lord Awbrey Earle of
Bullen and Earle Marchall, of France, came to England with
Wm. ye Conquerer in anno 1066." William Awbrey, of Aber-
kynfrig (deceased 1 547), and Jane Herbert, his wife, had issue :

Richard Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig. He was the eldest
son by Jane Herbert. He sold Aberkynfrig to Dr. William
Awbrey, his kinsman, and died 1580, leaving issue by Mar-
garet, his wife, daughter unto Thomas Gunter, of Gileston :

Richard Awbrey, of Llanelyw, who departed out of this
life anno 1646, " and was buried under the floor of the chancel
of the church of Llanelyw. His grave is covered with a flat
tombstone, forming part of the pavement, which has upon it
the following inscription :

" Here lyeth the body of Richard Awbrey of Llanelyw
Gent., who married Anne Vaughan daughter to William
Vaughan of Llanelyw, who had issue William, Richard,
Thomas, John, Theophilius and Elizabeth. Died the 23 day of
September, 164.6."

The arms of the Awbrey and Vaughan families appear
upon the tomb, " and the inscription, as far as it precedes the
statement of issue, runs around the four sides of the tablet, be-

The Herbert and Awbi'ey Families. 309

ginning at the top and terminating at the upper end of the
left-hand side." By his wife, Anne, Richard Awbrey had :*

1. William.

2. Richard, Vicar of Boughrod in Radnor.

3. Thomas.

4. John.

5. Theophilus.

6. Elizabeth.

Thomas Awbrey, the third son, who had :

William Awbrey, who was married in 1646, being then
under age, to Elizabeth Awbrey, daughter of William, eldest
son of Richard (who died 1646).

" It is Probable that William Awbrey was a member of
the Society of Friends.2 It is certain that his sons, Richard
and William (the latter of whom married Letitia Penn for his
second wife), and his daughter, Martha, belonged to that re-
ligious denomination. He had ten children by his wife Eliza-
beth. He died in 1716, aged ninety, and was buried in Llan-
elyw church-yard, where is still to be seen an altar-tomb
erected over his remains, with the following inscription :

'Here lyeth the Body of William Awbrey of Llanelyw, Son
of Thomas Awbrey Gent. Married Elizabeth daughter of Wil-
liam Awbrey. Had issue Ten. Richard, William, 2 Thomas,
Theophilus, Anne, Mary 2 Martha & Elizabeth Departed this

"' Richard Awbrey (the second) had several children, as above stated, of
whom William, the eldest, and Thomas, the third son, as well as their father,
were Puritans and Parliamentarians. The second son, Richard (the third), was
an adherent of the king, and a clergyman, being vicar of Boughrod in Radnor-
shire. William had no son, and the Llanelyw estate being entailed, the heir to it
was the second brother, Richard. In order to keep the property in the hands of
the descendants of Puritan stock, William, finding his death likely to be near,
hastily married his only daughter, Elizabeth, to her first cousin, William, the
oldest son of his brother Thomas, both of them then being under age. This was
in 1646, about a year before his decease, and by his will he sought to place his
son-in-law in the position of a son of his own. Richard, the clerical brother and
heir in tail, instituted legal proceedings to recover the property, but the matter was
finally settled by arbitration."

"This abstract is from a contribution of George Vaux to the Pennsylvania
Magazine, and will be found in Vol. XIII, p. 294, of the same. The author
questions that William Awbrey was a Friend ; but if so, he rejoined the Anglican
Church, wherein he was buried.

310 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

life in Hope of a Joyful Resurrection the 16 of December iyi6
aged go.

The figures 2 before the names Thomas and Martha in-
dicate that there were two children of these names. There
are tombstone inscriptions at Llanelyw, showing that the first
Martha died in 1662, and the first Thomas in 1669."

Martha Awbrey, the 9th child of William Awbrey, was

born subsequent to 1662; she joined the Society of Friends

~Y) ^--z- and became engaged to Rees

%A\£CJ Q^/zcTTvoa Thomas, a kinsman of John Be-

— -^ van, of Treverigg, Glamorgan-
shire. She accompanied Rees Thomas and John and Barbara
Bevan to Pennsylvania in 1683, and was married to him 18
June, 1692, at Haverford Meeting, Pennsylvania.

There is considerable doubt as to the ' ancestry of Rees
Thomas, but there is but little question that he came from
Glamorganshire. It will be observed in the following letter
that he speaks of " My unkle John Bevan." Some have
thought that the relationship (uncle in Wales did not always
mean the same kinship which we understand by the term)
came through his wife, Martha Awbrey, John Bevan's wife,
Barbara, being, it is claimed, an Awbrey (see Bevan Gene-
alogy) ; but it is more likely that the relationship was with
John Bevan's family direct. If the latter was the case it was
probably through John Bevan's wife. If she was an Awbrey,
as is claimed, then it might have been through the Thomas
family, one of whom was mother to the daughter of William
Awbrey, of Pencoyd, who did marry John Bevan, but whether
as his first or second wife, is not known. In one pedigree
Barbara, wife of John Bevan, is said to have been Barbara, of
Wenvoe. The Thomas family, of Wenvoe, were well known,
and it may have been from them that Rees Thomas sprang.
He was, we know, cousin to William and David Thomas, of
Radnor, and it is therefore evident that he was of a Thomas
family which had assumed the surname before their removal
to Pennsylvania. (See Appendix.)

The Herbert and Aivbrey Families, 3 1 1

Be this, however, as it may, Rees Thomas became a very
prominent settler in Merion. He was a Justice of the Peace
and a member of the Provincial Assembly.

Rees Thomas purchased from Sarah Eckley, widow of
John, three hundred acres of land in " Merion township, in the
Welsh tract." The deed was dated 6-mo. 15, 1692, and the
land is described as follows : " Beginning at a stake in Ellis
Hughes' line and extending thence E. N. E. 102 Perches,
thence S. E. 480 Perches, thence S. W. 102 Perches, to the
road dividing it and the Radnor township, and thence by said
road N. N. W. 480 Perches to place of Beginning." He sub-
sequently bought of Edward Prichard an adjoining tract. In
his will, dated 10th September, 1742, Rees Thomas leaves
" unto my son William Thomas . . . two hundred acres
of land to be laid out of the N. end of tract of land that I
bought of Sarah Eckley wid. . . . Unto my son Rees
Thomas. . . . my dwelling house and plantation. . . .
being 290 acres of land (that is to say) 100 acres that I bought
of Sarah Eckley and 170 acres part of the tract of land I
bought of Edward Prichard." This will was proved at Phila-
delphia 1 2th February, 1742.1 A part of this property long
continued in the possession of descendants. In 1787 Anthony
Tunis and Mary his wife, daughter of Rees Thomas 3d, con-
veyed their share in a parcel of it to William Thomas, eldest
son of said Rees Thomas 3d, and brother of Mary. This
William Thomas and Naomi his wife sold some of the same to
William Colflesh ; it, however, reverted by deed to Thomas
in 1805. William Thomas left a will proved in 1840, by which
he devised to his daughter Jane W. Cleaver (widow in 1842) a
part of same ; who sold it to Thomas Stanley.

'In this will Rees Thomas refers to a settlement which was intended to have
been made at the time of his (Rees Thomas') marriage with Martha Awbrey, by
which settlement he says provision was to be made by John Sevan, in his favor, to
revert to his eldest son, viz., Rees Thomas, Jr. This settlement, Rees Thomas
claims, was never consummated, but Rees Thomas, Jr., claimed under it, and pro-
vision was made by his father to disinherit him if he ever pushed the claim. The
matter was a subject for litigation for a long time.

312 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

This property is situate at Rosemont station, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and included what is now the town of Rosemont
on the south side of the railroad, late the Arthur property, and
extending north and west from the railroad, including the old
Ashbridge farm. Some claim that the Ashbridge house was
originally Rees Thomas' home, whilst others say that it was
to the south, near the old houses on the Arthur property, if
not on the site of one of them. The property comprised, also,
probably a portion of the Curwen place.

"A few years after their marriage, Rees and Martha
Thomas1 wrote jointly to her aged father. The original of
this letter is still preserved in the hands of a descendant. It is
dated, ' Ye 29th day of ye 2d mo 1695/ and is addressed, ' Most
dear & tender Father.' The following extracts will be found
interesting, the original spelling being preserved :"

Our dutyfull and harty Respects salute thee hoping these few
lines will find thee in good health as I & my wife & two children
are all this present time — my son Aubrey was borne ye 30th day of
ye nth month and ye fourth day of ye weeke 1694 his mother and
he now very harty praysed be to ye Lord for ye same I doe under-
stand yt thou were not well pleased yt my oldest son [Rees] was
not caled an Aubrey. I will assure thee I was not against it, but
my neibors wood have him be caled my name, being I bought ye
Land and I So beloved amongst them. I doe adrnite to what thee
sayes in thy letter ye an Aubrey was better known than I: though
I am hear very well aquainted with most in those parts, he is ye
first Aubrey in Pensilvania and a stout boy he is of his age, being
now a quarter. My unkle John Bevan came over very well and a
good voyage he had, he tould me he had seen thee twise, which we
were very glad of thy well keeping in years and also hopeing noe
vexation nor trouble will come upon thee upon either hand which
will be a great exercise to us to hear of nothing but what will atend
to thy goodness: hopeing my brother Richard and his wife will
make much of thee in thy ould age, thy dater & I would wish to
see thee hear and I hope wood be a nurse to thee in thy ould age
— I was now very sorry to hear of ye death our brother William his
wife, where in ther was great commendation of her integrity in ye
truth by severall hear yt knows her and I will writ to him.

I have been very weake in body ye Last winter having a
great fite of sickness, but ye Lord pleased to recover me & bring

1 This letter was printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Bio-
graphy.

The Herbert and Awbrey Families. 313

me up agen blessed be ye Lord for his gyodness & tender delings
to me both outwordly & inwordly: my wife had her health very
well all a Longe since shee came to ye country.

I lost much time in going to faires and markets, William
Fishier of Rose formerly [is] now living in Philadelphia.

Thy dater desires thee to aquaint her of her age in ye next
letter. My son Rees Remembers his Love to his Granfather and
also to his nanty Anne, he doth speake very Liberally but unkle is
a hard word for [him], his Love is to Richard, a brave bould boy
he is now without a mayd servant for they are very scarce hear,
upon noe terms an ordinary man of seven or eight pounds att Lest
and cannot have them upon no account.

I had about 16 score bushels of wheat this year. I have 15
heds of cattle, six horses what dyed this winter, for it was a hard
winter, they say they never saw ye like of.

Rees Thomas survived his wife a number of years.
Martha died in 1726. After her death a small book was pub-
lished by S. Keimer, entitled "A collection of Elegiac Poems
devoted to the Memory of the late virtuous and excellent Matron
and worthy Elder in the Church of Christ of the Society of
Friends Martha Thomas, late wife of Rees Thomas of Merion
of the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania
and Daughter of William Awbrey of Llanelieu in the County of
Brecknock in Great Britain who departed this life the yth of
12th Mo. 1726-7."

A modern edition of the same, bearing the above title, was
printed by Lydia R. Bailey, Philadelphia, 1837.

Rees and Martha Thomas1 had issue :

1. Rees, b. 2-mo. 22, 1693; m. Elizabeth, d. Edward
Jones.

2. Awbrey, b. 11-mo. 30, 1694; m. Gulielma, only d.
Wm. Penn, Jr., and d. s. p.

3. Herbert, b. 9-mo. 3, 1696 ; m. Mary, d. John Havard ;
d. s. p.

4. Elizabeth, b. 8-mo. 10, 1698.

5. William, b. 5-mo. 2, 1701.

6. Richard, b. 5-mo. 23, 1703.

"It will be noted that Martha Awbrey was sister to the William Awbrey who
married Laetitia, daughter of William Penn.

w. T. — 40.

314 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

As it was found impossible to obtain the data desired con-
cerning |the descendants of Rees Thomas, in time to insert
here, the reader is referred to the Appendix. Among the
Philadelphia families who trace their lineage to Rees and
Martha Thomas are those bearing the surnames of Lloyd,
Williams, Perot, Egbert, etc.

DR. EDWARD JONES AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

Dr. Edward Jones may be termed one of the principal
founders of Lower Merion Township, for it was he and John
ap Thomas who organized the little Company of Adventurers

that first planted Merioneth Town
in the Welsh Tract, and it was
Edward Jones who personally led
the first Welsh settlers to Pennsylvania in August, 1682, and
selected the location of their purchases.

Concerning his parentage, very little can be ascertained
with certainty. When the Merion Preparative Meeting, in
1704, desired that Welsh Friends should bring an account of
their family and descent to the Meeting to be recorded, we
read that Edward Jones brought such an account to the
meeting. It has already been stated that these records are
now missing, and no copy of the document can be found in
any papers accessible to the writer, although it is believed on
good grounds that a copy exists. The name of Jones at that
time was as common as now, if not more so. It signified
simply that the person so called was the son of a man bearing
the Christian name of John, Jones meaning Johnes, or John's
sons. There were, however, a few families by that name in
Wales at the period of which we speak that had retained Jones
as a surname for several generations. Whether Dr. Edward
Jones was one of these does not appear. His will bears a seal
with a lion rampant, but it might not have been his. Accord-
ing to a letter written some years since by a descendant the
arms used in the Jones family for many years were : Or, within
a burdure, a lion rampant azure. Crest, a lion rampant azure,
having in his sinister paw a harp or. No motto is given. These
are the arms of a family of Jones anciently of Merionethshire,
and are so given in Burke's General Armory, although from

3 16 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

the letter in question it would seem apparent that they were
used by the family long prior to their appearance in Burke.

The writer, some years since, found in Philadelphia a
copy of the same coat of arms, correctly but crudely blazoned,
and evidently a copy of the original design. It differed, how-
ever, so far as the mantling, etc., went, from a sketch sent with
the letter above referred to. Moreover, there was a motto
attached, in three languages, and some reference to the family
as well as giving the designer's name. This paper has the
following :

" Coat of Arms of Griffin Jones, of Merionethshire, A. D.
1569, and of Flintshire, South Wales, A. D. 1584." Arms:
Or, within a burdure a lion rampant azure. Crest : A lion
rampant azure holding in his sinister paw a harp or. Motto :
" Vulgar, Foremost yet Steady!' " Classic, Progressus Sed
Firmus." " Barbaric, " Blaenaf etto yn anhyblygg." The
paper has this endorsement : " Done by Henry Salt, Heraldic
Engraver, No. p, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's Inn, London!'
The writer was told that this was presumed to be the coat of
arms of the Merion Jones family, but nothing more definite is
known regarding them.

The above data is given, of course, as a suggestion re-
lating to the origin of the family, and is not entitled to any
particular weight. It is definitely known that Jonathan Jones
was a cousin of the sons of John ap Thomas. It has been
suggested that the relationship might have come through their
mother, Katherine Robert, who may have been Katherine
Robert Jones.

This, however, is all conjecture. What we do know is
that Edward Jones was born, probably in Merionethshire, in
or about the year 1645.' He was " of ancient and honorable
family," and connected with the gentry of Wales, and was
bred a physician and surgeon. He seems to have followed
the latter calling chiefly in his native country, and in 1682 is
described as " of Bala in the County of Merionethshire, Chir-

■He was aged 92 at the time of his decease.

Edward Jones and His Descendants. 317

urgion." We have noted his connection with the settlement
of Merion in the chapter devoted to that subject. He arrived in
Pennsylvania in the fall of 1682, before Penn's coming, and had
a part of his land surveyed to him near the Schuylkill, north-
ward of the present Montgomery Avenue, and near the Falls.
" His original purchase was 306^ acres, of which he kept
only one half to himself."1 Dr. Jones became a very prom-
inent man in the township, and, indeed, in the Province. He
was a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Provincial
Assembly. He died in Merion the 26th of the 12th month,
1737, and was buried in the ground of the Merion Meeting.

Thomas Chalkley in his journal says : " He was one of
the first settlers of Pennsylvania, a man much given to hospi-
tality, a lover of good and virtuous people and was beloved by
them. I had a concern to be at that meeting before I left my
home at Frankford and before I heard of this Friend's death.
There were many hundreds at his funeral."2

There appears to be some confusion respecting the date
of death of Mary, wife of Dr. Jones.

In The Friend, Vol. XXIX, p. 76, it states that she
died 7th mo. 29th, 1726, and was buried at Merion. This
must be a mistake, for Edward Jones, in his will dated " the
Twenty Seventh day of the Third month in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty two," appoints
" my wife Mary, my son-in-law John Cadwalader and sons
Jonathan Edward & Evan afore said my Executors." This
will was probated in 1738, and is No. 177 of that year, Register
of Wills office, Philadelphia, Book N, 320.

The children of Dr. Edward Jones and Mary, his wife,
daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne, as named in his will, were
Martha, Jonathan, Edward, Thomas, Evan, John, Elizabeth,
and Mary.

Edward Jones had issue by Mary, his wife, the following
children :

"His original purchase was 312^ acres, but he disposed of the Liberty lands
belonging thereto, which makes the difference.
The Philadelphia Friend, Vol. 29, p. 396.

3 1 8 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1. Martha, b. Wales; m. 1699, John Cadwalader.

2. Jonathan, b. Wales, 1680; m. Gainor Owen; see infra.

3. Edward, b. Merion ; he and his younger brothers got
the original land.

4. Thomas, b. Merion ; he is believed to have married
and had issue.

5. Evan, b. Merion; m. 1st, Mary Stephenson, New
York, and 2ndly, dau. of Colonel Mathews, of Fort Albany,
N. Y. He is believed to have been the father of Dr. John
Jones, who attended General Washington, in Philadelphia.

6. John, b. Merion.

7. Elizabeth, m. Rees Thomas, Jr.

8. Mary.

Jonathan Jones, eldest son of Edward and Mary (Wynne)
Jones, born in Wales in 1680 ; died in Lower Merion Town-
ship, 1770; will dated 19 May, 1768; proved 1 September,
1770.1

" Jonathan Jones, son of Edward and Mary Jones, was
born in Bala, Merionethshire, North Wales, Great Britain, the
third day of the Eleventh-month, 1680, came with his parents
to Pennsylvania in the year 1682 ; was married at Merion the
4th day of the Eighth-month, 1706, to Gainor Owen, daughter
of Robert and Rebecca Owen, some time past of Fron Goch.
She was born the 26th of the Eighth-month, 1688. They had
eleven children, who lived to years of maturity.

Jonathan Jones died the 30th day of the Seventh-month,
1770, and buried at Merion the 8th of the Eighth-month fol-
lowing. Many hundred people respectfully attending his in-
terment."2

Whereas, Jonathan Jones, son of Edward Jones, of Merion,
in ye Welsh Tract, Chyrgeon, and Gainor Owen, daughter of Rob-
ert Owen, late of ye same place, yeoman, deceased. Having de-
clared their intention of marriage with each other before several
Monthly Meetings of ye people of God called Quakers, in ye
Welsh Tract aforsayd, according to ye good order used among
them, whose proceedings therein, after a deliberate consideration

'Proved at Philadelphia and remains on file in the Register's office there.
2Family MS.

Edward Jones and His Descendants.

319

thereof, having consent of parents and relations concerned, nothing
to obstruct, are approved of. Now these are to certifie all whom it
may concern, that for ye full accomplishment of their said inten-
tions this 4th day of ye 8th mo. in ye year 1706, they ye sayd
Jonathan Jones & Gainor Owen appeared in the publick meeting
of the sayd People, and others met together, at the publick meet-
ing place at Merion aforsayd & ye s'd Jonathan Jones taking ye
sayd Gainor Owen by ye hand did in solemn manner openly de-
clare that he took her to be his wife, promising to be unto her a
faithful and loving husband until death should seperate them, &
then and there in ye sayd assembly ye sayd Gainor Owen did in
like manner declare that she took ye sayd Jonathan Jones to be her
husband fir promising to be unto him a faithful and loving wife until
death should seperate them, and morover ye sayd Jonathan Jones
and Gainor Owen, She according to ye custom of marriage assum-
ing ye name of her husband as a further confirmation thereof, did
then and there to these presents set their hands, and we whose
names are hereunto subscribed, being, among others, present at
the solemnization of ye sayd marriage, as Witnesses thereunto have
also to these presents set our hands ye day & year above written :

Catharine Humphrey Gainor Roberts
Kebecca Humphrey Thomas Lloyd
Rebecca Roberts

Jane Jones
Gainor Lloyd
Eliza Lloyd
Anne Jones
Anne Roberts
Griffith Owen
Joshua Salkeld
Rees Thomas
Caleb Pusey
David Meredith
Edward Rees
Rees ap Ed.
John Moore
Robert Jones
John Owen
John Jones
Wm. Edwards
Cadwallader Roberts
Edward Roberts

William C

Rees Price
John Williams
Edward Griffith
Richard Jones
Robert Roberts

Martha Owen
Thomas Evan
Robert Evan
Owen Bevan
Cadwallader Evan
Robert John
Edward Roberts
Robert Ellis
Gainor Jones
John Griffith
Evan Griffith
Mary Badcock
Mary Ormes
Sarah Owen
Martha Thomas
Ellen Jones
Jane Price
Catharine Jones
Eleanor Bevan
Jane ap Bed ward
Sarah Williams
Mary Badcock
Eliza. Badcock
Catharine Orme
Elizabeth Roberts

Jonathan Jones
Gainor Jones

Edward Jones
Mary Jones
Griffith John
Rowland Ellis
John Roberts
Edward Jones Jr.
Evan Jones
Eliza. Jones
Robert Lloyd
Evan Owen
Hugh Griffith
Owen Bevan
Owen Owen
John Owen
John Jones
John Owen
Robert Owen
Jonathan Wynne
Joshua Owen
Daniel Humphrey
Hannah Humphrey
John Cadwalader
Martha Cadwalader
Eliza. Owen
Jane Roberts

320 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Jonathan Jones, shortly after his marriage, purchased of
his wife's brother, Evan Owen, the plantation now called
Wynnewood and St. Mary's, which continued in the family to
the present time. The title to this tract was as follows :
Thomas Lloyd, by deed, dated 5th of 6-mo., 1691, granted to
Robert Owen, of Merion, 548 acres (448) in Merion, of Charles
Lloyd's and Margaret Davis' Purchase, and the said Robert
deceasing, devised it by his last will to his son, Evan Owen,
in whose behalf John Roberts, trustee for the said Evan, re-
quested a resurvey 3d of 3d-month, 1703. By one survey it
appears to have been 45 1 acres.

Jonathan Jones left by will as above, 350 acres to his son
Owen, and 10 1 acres1 to his son Jonathan. He had issue by
Gainor, his wife :

1. Mary, m. Benjamin Hayes.

2. Edward, b. 1708 ; d. unm. He had, as a gift from his
father, a farm which the latter, had purchased from Amos
Roberts.

3. Rebecca, b. 1709; m. John Roberts, of Pencoyd, son
of Robert Roberts, and grandson of John Roberts, of Llyn,
Caernarvonshire.

4. Owen, b. 171 1; m. Susanna Evans. See infra.

5. Ezekiel, believed to have d. s. p. His father did not
know if he were living in 1768.

6. Jacob, b. 17 13 ; living 1768. He is believed to have
married and left issue. ,

7. Jonathan, b. 171 5; m. — , and had surviving

him two daughters, Gainor and Mary Jones. This Jonathan
had by deed from his father 10 1 acres of land, which by will,
1 1 of 5 -mo., 1747, and proved 2 Nov., 1747, he left to his two
daughters as mentioned, who sold the same to their uncle,
Owen Jones. This 101-acre tract was probably to the north
of the old Owen house, and east of Cherry lane. Jonathan
Jones probably erected a stone farm house here.

'In addition to this ioi acres he left him 20 acres for a " wood lot." Of the
wood lot, 17 acres belong to Edward Glenn, a lineal descendant of Robert Owen,
and 3 acres and some perches to A. J. Cassatt.

Edward Jones and His Descendants. 321

Owen Jones, second son of Jonathan and Gainor, of
Merion, born in Merion 19th of 9-month, 171 1 ; died 9 Oct.,
1793. He married 30 May, 1740, Susanna, second daughter
of Hugh Evans, of Merion, by his 3d wife, Lowry, widow of
Robert Lloyd, of Merion, and daughter of Rees John William
of the same place. (See Rees John William.) Owen Jones
was Provincial Treasurer of Pennsylvania. His will is dated
11 Oct., 1791 ; proved at Philadelphia. He left 350 acres of
land to son Owen, and the 101 acres1 which he had purchased
from his nieces, to son Jonathan.

Owen and Susanna Jones had issue, the following children :

1. Jane, b. 5th i-mo., 1740-41 ; m. Caleb Foulke.

2. Lowry, b. 30th 10-mo., 1742; m. Daniel Wister. See
Wynne.

3. Owen,1 b. 15th i-mo., 1744-5 ; m. 1st, Mary Whar-
ton ; 2ndly, Hannah Smith ; no issue survive.

4. Susanna, b. 4th 7-mo., 1747; m. John Nancarro.

5. Hannah, b. 28th 10-mo., 1749; m. Amos Foulke.
See Owen, Foulke Branch.

6. Ann, b. 13th 3d-mo., 1752; d. unm.

7. Martha, b. 10th 3-mo., 1754; d. unm.

8. Rebecca, b. 3d 7-mo., 1757; m. John Jones, who
d. s. p.

9. Sarah, b. 30th 5-mo., 1760; m. Samuel Rutter.

10. Jonathan, b. 15th 7-mo., 1762; m. 1st, Mary Potts;
2ndly, Mary McClenaghan.

Jonathan Jones, youngest child of Owen and Susanna
Jones, born in Lower Merion, 15th of 7th-month, 1762; died
there prior 1822. His will was signed 15 March, 182 1. He
married 1st, Mary Potts, of Plymouth; 2ndly, Mary Mc-

'Owen Jcmes, Junior, was born 1 745. During the Revolutionary War, when
the British were about to occupy Philadelphia, he was arrested in mistake for his
father, who sympathized with England, and in order to save his father, suffered
himself to be sent under guard to Virginia. He died s. p. in Philadelphia. His
will is dated 15 June, 1822; proved 14 May, 1825, by which he leaves one-half
part of the 350 acres devised to him by his father, to his nephew, Owen Jones, son
of Jonathan, and the other half part he leaves to his nephew, John Wister, and
his heirs. Louis Wister now holds this.

W. T.— 41.

322 Metion in the Welsh Tract.

Clenaghan, widow, daughter of William Thomas, of Lower
Merion.

They had issue as follows :

Colonel Owen Jones, member of Congress, Colonel of the
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, War of the Rebellion. He mar-
ried Mary Roberts, and had J. Awbrey Jones, of Wynnewood,
late deceased s. p., and a daughter who died young unm.

HUGH ROBERTS, OF MERION AND CHESTNUT

HILL.

Of Hugh Roberts considerable has, at various times, been
written, but such matter is principally in the form of memorial
and biographical sketches. The writer has made a most ex-
haustive search during the past few years with a view of dis-
covering Hugh's ancestry, but with small success. It is true
that if certain existing records in Wales could be critically ex-
amined in person some definite information might be gained,
but this would need a visit to the Principality. This much,
however, has been definitely ascertained. Hugh Roberts, or
Hugh ap Robert (sometimes written Hugh Robert), was born
A p s-\ * on a large farm called

^rry^C- <jfcr&&J~--^^ Llyndedwyd, in Penllyn,
C/ ^— ^ Merionethshire. This

property is near Bala Lake. His father was Robert ap Hugh,
alias Robert Pugh, of the above place, and was a farmer or
herder by occupation. Both father and son are called " gentle-
men," in various documents of their time.1 As we have ex-
plained, this in Wales at that day meant simply that they were
descended from one of the ancient noble Tribes, and did not
imply great wealth or especial distinction. The writer has in-
vestigated the title of the property called Llyndedwyd, with
a view of ascertaining a connection between its ancient owners
and Robert Pugh. It seems that the premises descended
through an heiress from its original owners to the Price
Family, of Rhiwlas, by whom it was held after 1600, and from
whom Robert Pugh appears to have leased it. That he had
no fee in the land seems quite evident. It is, however, pos-

»A case in point is a Bond, dated 20 December, 1691. John ap John de

Ruabon, in the County of Denbigh, yeoman, et Thomas Wynne de Chyr-

urgeon, to Hugon (Hugh) Roberts de Pensylvania, in America, gentleman.
Witnessed by : Robert Vaughan, of Hendremawr ; Thomas Cadwalader, of
Llanerch ; David Jones, of Kiltalgarth.

324 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

sible that he descended in some line from the same stock as the
Price family, and this is still further suggested by the use in
the family of Hugh Roberts, of a seal1 bearing a very curious
crest, which may have had some connection with the Price an-
cestry. Another theory, and probably a more likely one, is
that Robert Pugh descended from the ancient owners of Cil
Talgarth, who were of the blood of the Lords of Nannau. If
this theory is correct, Hugh Roberts would have been a near
kinsman to Edward Foulke, of Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, 1698,
to Cadwalader Evans, and many other settlers, both of Gwyn-
edd and Merion.2

Hugh Roberts' mother was called Elizabeth Williams, and
she was the daughter of William Owen, of the parish of Llan-
fawr, Penllyn. William Owen was a land-holder, and was as-
sessed in the same parish as such in the year 1636. Elizabeth
was a very religious woman and careful to bring up her child-
ren well. In 1683, she being then, and having for many years
been a widow, accompanied her son, Hugh Roberts, to Penn-
sylvania, and died in Merion Township in the year 1699.
Hugh Robert, as he often wrote his name, especially prior to
his removal to Pennsylvania, lived for a considerable time in
the township of Kiltalgarth, or Ciltalgarth. It is not true,
however, as stated by some writers, that his home (i. e., the
house in which he resided) was so called. He probably con-
tinued to rent and reside upon his father's farm named Llyn-
dedwyd. Hugh Roberts, as we shall call him, early joined
the Society of Friends, but is said to have been a Presbyterian,
his parents' original faith, before his convincement. His name
is of frequent occurrence in connection with the imprisonment
of Quakers in Merionethshire. He married first, Jane, the
daughter of Owen ap Evan, of Fron Goch, son of Evan Robert

"The seal in question was first used, so far as known, by Edward Roberts,
son of Hugh, about 1705. It may have been used before this. It is a crest, hav-
ing over the usual wreath a rose ppr., under a royal crown, being all between two
human hearts, emitting flames, ppr. There are no arms or motto.

'Since writing the above the attention of the author has been called to a silver
cup, in possession of the Vaux family, said to have originally belonged to Hugh
Roberts. If the arms thereon were his, it would indicate that he descended from
Einion of Llwydiarth. (See Appendix.)

Hugh Roberts. 325

Lewis, descended from Trahairn Goch, of Llyn. (See Owen
genealogy.) She accompanied him to Pennsylvania in 1683,
and died in Merion.

He married secondly, 31st of 5th month, 1689, at Llwyn
y Braner Meeting, Penllyn, Merionethshire, Elizabeth John.
This was during one of his visits to his native country. Hugh
Roberts was a member of the Merioneth Company and a first
purchaser of land, as we have seen, and he was one of the
largest holders. He did not, however, arrive in Pennsylvania
until 1683.

The certificate of membership, granted him by his friends
at home, is : " From our Monthly Meeting of Penllin, ye 2d
of 5 mo. 1683," and speaks of him as " Hugh Roberts, of the
Parish of Llanvawr, in the county of Merionethshire, North
Wales." It says of him, that " he hath received, declared, and
owned the truth for seventeen years, and walked since blame-
less in conversation, and peaceable in his place upon all ac-
counts ; he is of good reputation among his neighbors and
acquaintances. His wife is like minded, walking in the truth,
and a good example to others in life and conversation ; their
children educated in the fear of the Lord from their infancy."
"Almost immediately after his arrival on these shores Hugh
Roberts began an active public life, both in Church and in
State. His name occurs very frequently on the minute-books
of his meeting as appointed to some service. Before the build-
ing of the Merion Meeting-house, religious meetings were
often held at his house, and, until the year 1695, nearly all the
marriages among Friends were solemnized at the house of
Katharine, widow of John ap Thomas, or that of Hugh Rob-
erts, probably because they were large and convenient for the
young people."

Hugh Roberts made at least two visits to Wales, one in
1688-9, ana< another in 1696-7. Of the first visit, taken im-
mediately after his first wife's death, we know but little, save
that he brought back a second wife, Elizabeth John, as we
have seen.

326 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Of his second visit to his native country we have very full
particulars from his journal, now in the possession of Miss
Meta Vaux, and printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine of
History and Biography, from which we abstract the following :

A Brief Journal of Hugh Roberts' Travels from Pennsylvania
to England and Wales,

In the year 1697, the 15th of ye i2th-mo. I set out from home
to visit Friends in England & Wales ; Samuel Carpenter & John
Ascue accompanying me to Maryland, viz. to Susquehana & From
thence to West River, to Mordecai Moore, to New London & Back
again to the said Mordecai Moore. From thence to Samuel Gate-
way— From thence to Richard Harrisons — From thence to Herring
Creek to a Burial where we had a Meeting. From thence to
Potuxen to David Rawlins where we had a precious Meeting at
their Meeting House 1 Here I parted with my Dear Friend Samuel
Carpenter. From thence Friends sent a man and a couple of
Horses to set me over Potuxon and so to Potomock, to one Wid-
dow Blackstone who was no Friend where 1 have been very kindly
Entertained for two days and two nights waiting for a Conveniency
to pass over that Great River, being six miles broad. After they
set me over refusing to take anything for their trouble I laid there
The people being very kind, but could not hire me a horse to go to
ye next River Rapahanock, so I went thro ye woods alone and
came to one Capt. Taylor, who was very kind to me, not only in
giving me good meat and Drink, But also setting me over ye river,
three miles broad, where I stay'd that night ye people being kind.
Next morning ye man in whose house I lodged put me on my way,
and Directed me to one that would hire a horse, and so he did and
came with me about 14 miles. From thence I went afoot that
night about 6 miles To a friend George Wilson, a place where I
had been before : and here I had a very open Meeting amongst ye
people of ye world. From thence I went to New Kent where
there is a meeting of Friends. Next day there was a Monthly Meet-
ing at Curies at James River, to which I went along with Friends.
And here I had a good service, afterwards going back again to New
Kent I there met dear James Dickinson and with him went back

•Letter dated " Potuxen the 28th of ye 12th mo. 1696-7."
Dear Children . . .

Sixthly I desire of you to take the advise of them I left Guardians over you
(in every thing you do) within and without & that you do nothing without their
council who are Robt. Owen, John Roberts, Cadwalader Morgan & Robert Jones,
who I know will be ready to give you the best advise, who love the truth, love
you and whom I chose of all my friends in whom is my trust ... Be tender
and loving towaids your grandmother who hath not been short in takeing care
for you and be it that you can do anything for her do it willingly, for it is your
duty ... Hugh Roberts.

Hugh Roberts. 327

to Curies where we had a good meeting and after meeting we re-
turned to New Kent that night. I had one Meeting there before I
met them, and one with them. So we parted, they going to Mata-
ponij from whence I came.

And I went to Edward Thomas at James River. Charles
Fleming coming along with me. Next day we went from thence
to a Quarterly Meeting at Tenbigh where we had a blessed meet-
ing, and after meeting that same day we came to Alexander Lly-
welyn. We traveled that same day 46 miles besides keeping ye
Meeting, and it was not hard for us to do it because of ye Melting
love and power of God was set over all. From thence we went to
Edward Thomas again, where James Dickinson and J. H's and we
appointed a Meeting to meet again which was very good, we ap-
pointed another at Alexander Llywelyns which also was a precious
Meeting. Here I parted with them they going toward ye ship and
I over James River to Walter Bartlets and so to Sevenech, where I
had a good meeting at the Meeting house. Thence I went back
again to Henry Wiges, to a meeting of William Cooks and back to
Henry Wiges, where I had a sweet opportunity amongst them.
From thence to Richard Ratliff, where I had a good open meeting,
so to Daniel Sanburn and to John Coopland. From thence to ye
meeting at Chuckatuck, where I had a good and large meeting, so
back again to J. C and R. R. where I had another open good meet-
ing ; thence to Chuckatuck again, where there was abundance of
Friends and others. Met at their Meeting house, a good and
blessed meeting we had. From thence to William Scot at Brance,
where I had a great and open good meeting. From thence to
Leven Buffstins where I had a precious Meeting at which there
were many Friends and many of the World's people. From thence
I went to a meeting at Elizabeth GallowelFs which was a good
meeting, from thence to John Coopland and to Daniel Sanburn
and back again to J. C. where I met James Dickinson and Jacob
F. again. From thence we went to a Meeting at Elizabeth Hollo-
well, a very good meeting. From thence to John Coopland and
to Daniel Sanburn, and back again to a Meeting at Eliz : Hollo-
well where we had a precious Meeting. From thence on board ye
ship, which was to ye mouth of James River, where ye Fleet mett,
we stayed on board 15 days before we sailed and had several meet-
ings from ship to ship to ye great comfort and Satisfaction of our
Souls, and upon ye 7th day of ye 3d month we sailed out of ye
Capes of Virginia. Many brave and precious meetings we had
aboard.

Upon ye 14th day of the 4th Month we struck ground at 85
fathom watter and on ye 1 7th Day we saw ye Land old England,
in ye 22d of ye said month we arrived at Plymouth ; and had there
a meeting next day and a precious meeting it was, to ye great com-
fort of many. From thence we passed to Exiter and from thence

328 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

to Topsham where we had a meeting ; from thence I went to Exiter
again and thence to a Quarterly Meeting at Colomton, It being
upon the first day where I have had a blessed meeting, and tho' I
never had seen any of ye faces that were there, nor they mine, yet
were we made very near and dear one to another. That night
James and Jacob came to me, so we went on to Turston, and so to
John Kancks, where we were received with much love. From
thence we passed to Bristol, where we have had a precious meeting
the power of ye Lord being over all. Here we met our dear friend
William Penn and were not a little glad to see one another. We
stayed but one meeting tho' Friends were very unwilling we should
go so soon, yet we all parted James went homewards ; Jacob
towards London, and I passed to Monmouthshire in Wales. The
weight of my service drawing me mostly that way. So I passed
over to Panlymoyl, where there was a great meeting and I had a
good service for ye Lord ; From thence I went to Pant where I had
a very open meeting, From thence to a Quarterly Meeting at John
Meirick's where I had a good service ; From thence to Castletown
where there was a great tenderness and brokeness amongst Friends
and ye World's people and some presbiterians, one of them being
convinced. From thence I went to Cardiff within a mile of ye
Town, and thence to Trefrug where John Bevan liveth, and glad
we were to meet one another. There away I had several good
meetings ; from thence I passed to Swansey a great town in Wales.
Here I had a hard meeting, many of them having made a profes-
sion of truth for many years, but did not possess it as they ought.
From thence I went to Pembrookshire to Rediston and had a very
precious meeting there. From thence I went to Haverford west,
where I had several blessed meetings, to ye great comfort and sat-
isfaction of Friends. From thence I went to Naish where I had a
meeting ; from thence to Rediston again where I had a very good
meeting at James Lewis's and from thence to Lackarn where I had
a little meeting. From thence I passed to Carmarthin another
great town, where I had a good service amongst ye World's people,
being but few Friends here. From thence I went to Owen Bowen
and from thence to James Preece's to ye meeting at City Boom and
back again ; here I had a good meeting. From thence to Hwgfan,
where I had a good sweet meeting ; thus far John Bevan accom-
panied me, from his own being and so returned home. From
thence I went to Radnershire to Lanole, where I had a little meet-
ing, so I passed to Roger Hughes, where I had a good open meet-
ing, so I went to Lanthdui where I met many Friends and abund-
ance of ye World's people. So to Edward Jones where we had a
little meeting. From thence to David Powel's where there was a
great meeting. From thence I passed to Thomas Goodin's where
I had a blessed meeting, from thence I went to Muchunlleh where

"Probably Llwyn-du is intended.

Hugh Roberts. 329

I had a meeting amongst ye World's people, who at first were very
rude, especially ye young ones. But after a while they were like
other people, very attentive and modest, and many of them tender
and broken so that Truth went over them all. This was in side of
North Wales. From this place I returned back to Cardiganshire
which is upon ye seaside in South Wales at a town called Abery-
streyth. I had a great meeting mostly of World's people. From
this place I passed towards North Wales again and came to Merion-
ethshire to Lwyndu where I had a good meeting, from thence to
Lewis Owen near Dollegelley where I had a very good tender meet-
ing. To the great comfort and edification of Friends. From this
place I went to Balaa and Penllyn where I was born and bred. It
was upon ye 6th day of ye week, so notice was given for a meeting
to be at Ciltalgarth ye First day and with all I desired Friends to
give notice to as many of my old acquaintance and relations as they
could, that I did not intend to stay there but that day and so to go
on my way. I knew abundance would be willing to see me and I
was more desirous to see them at a meeting than any other place,
for I had some secret hope that some of them would be reached,
and so it was. Abundance of people came to ye meeting, there
had been great meetings formerly, but never so many together
before. After this meeting I went away as I said but they thought
when they heard of it that I would come no more, but I did not
intend it, I did it purposely to get them together that I might clear
myself of my service. So I passed to Montgomeryshire to Lan-
woddun where I had a good service ; so to Dolobran where I re-
ceived abundance of love from Charles Lloyd, his wife and friends;
here I had a precious meeting, went on to Cloddiccochion, where
I likewise had a good meeting. Hence I returned to Charles Lloyd,
and so to Penllyn again, where I had a meeting at Robert Vaughan's
which was bigger than that I had before. There was neither house
nor barn that could contain the people, so that we were forced to
keep several meetings out of doors. From thence I went to Denby-
shire and meeting at Demightown and came back to Penllyn where
I had a meeting Lwyn y branez, ye meeting house being too little
we went to a great house that was hard by, but this was likewise
too little by a great deal. A glorious meeting it was. I left Pen-
llyn and went to Denbyshire and Wrecsam where I had a good
meeting, from thence to John Merricks, so to Newtown — here I had
a good open meeting and met old Isaac Asten, who accompanied
me to Vock Savage, to Peter Prickles house, from thence to Feanly
meeting where I had a great meeting. From thence went to
Thomas Williamsons at Crawton, from thence to tareploy to
Samuel Trafibrd, from thence to a meeting at Gilbert Woolsons.
From thence to Middlewitch and after to Congtergen where I found
a good meeting, and lodged at Thomas Welch. From thence to
John Melor and so to a meeting at Lecke where I saw my dear and

w. t.— 42.

330 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

ancient friend John ab John. From thence I passed to Maxfield to
John Hughes and thence to the meeting house near Whansley,
where I had a good meeting and met Benjamin Banks. So I passed
into Manchester where I had a meeting, and so to Warrington and
to ye meeting at Lanckey which was very large and precious. From
thence I went to Wrecsam and so to Penllyn, where I had another
heavenly meeting — it was as large or larger than any before. From
thence I went to Dolgelle to a Quarterly meeting where I met
many friends from many places, and back again to Penllyn. I
passed then to Montgomeryshire to a Quarterly Meeting held at
Charles Lloyd's, where I had a good meeting and back again to
Penllyn to a meeting at Robert Vaughans. At this meeting I was
to take my leave of ye people as I thought of who came there in
abundance, so that after we began ye meeting at ye house, which
was one of the greatest in ye country, it could not contain one-half
of ye people, so we kept it out of doors and a blessed meeting it
was — there were people from seven parishes. I appointed another
meeting at Cilltalgarth to take leave of friends, and the day follow-
ing at Robert Vaughans, which I thought then should be ye last
meeting in Penllyn. From thence I went to ye monthly meeting
at Lewis Owen's, where we had a parting meeting, in which there
was great tenderness, and love to truth and one to another.

It was during this last visit of his that his brother-in-law,
Robert Owen, who was one of those left to oversee his child-
ren, writes to him from Pennsylvania as follows :

Dear Bro. H. R.

In yt Antient Love whereinwith we have Loved eath other,
am I drawn forth at this time, to write unto thee, and in ye same
is my soul exercised at this moment of time, I deeply affected in a
sense of ye same, not forgetting ye many blessed seasons and oppor-
tunitys we have had together for mutual comffort and consolation,
and certainly I cannot tell where to begin or where or when to end,
if I should call to mind ye many Mercy and Loving kindness of ye
Lord unto our word, to be sure time would faile me to Rehearse or
make mention of it, therefore shall I forbear for scarcely will this
opportunity admitt of time, for to give thee a short hint of what I
have in my heart for to impart unto thee in Relation to thy own
family and other Frds.

Thy daughter in Law K. has been ill all along since thee went
and so doe continue as far as I see by her, though it may be sup-
posed by some yt she is something better, yet have I but small
hopes of her Recovery, for in my judgment and observation she is
in a consuming condition. She bears it with patience and is given
up to ye will of god, her husband and mother much afflicted and
cast down, upon her account. Thy son Owen is Married and as
far as I see Like to doe well. Neddie is much concerned because

Hugh Roberts. 331

of thy going away and takes as it were naturally a good share of thy
concerns upon him, he is like to prove witty, and to observe well
wt thee gave him in charge in all Respects.

My wife is brought to bed, we have a young Rebekah added
to our family since the went. Robert Barrow Arrived here, through
abundants of hardships and difficultys far beyond what I may Re-
late, but ... he was aboard of Jos : Curie coming from
Jameaca . . . they were cast away at ye gulffe of florida and
fell among barbarous and savage Indians, but they were Meracu-
lously preserved by the speciall hand and providence of God.
There was with him one Dickinson and wife and family coming
from thence here to live who lost as I am informed 1500^ by their
shipwreck. I suppose thee will have it more at large by some other
hand.

Will Howell has bought ye plantation where the students lived.

Wm. Jenkins bought Jo. Barns plantation, they go yt side to
live, Evan Harry is to Marry K. Davies ; young Rich. Hays in
election ofMarrage with B. Lewis, H. Lewis' sister Wm. Robt and
Rich Walter's wive's sister.

I am at present at Philadelphia where I had ye first opportunity
to Speak to Sam Carpenter, this week he returned from Marry Land,
he acquainted me with this opportunity to send to thee and with
some straitness have 1 gott time to write these lines.

Although I am forced to conclude yt my unfeigned Love doth
and shall Remaine to thee, who am thy true and constant fd and
Brother R. O.

24th — 2d mo. 1697

My kind Love to James Dickinson and Jacob Hallowfield.

In this letter it is stated that his son, " Ned," that is Ed-
ward Roberts, afterwards Mayor of Philadelphia, but then a
boy, was engaged in looking after his father's affairs. It may
be observed that Hugh Roberts, like other of his fellow- Welsh-
men, was induced to speculate very considerably in Pennsyl-
vania lands on account of the sharp advance which at first
took place ; and they not only held large tracts of land on
options, by which is meant an agreement to purchase within a
certain number of months, but they invested heavily in the
various land speculation companies which sprang into exist-
ence, besides being large holders of the stock of the Company
of Free Traders.

Hugh Roberts, heavily encumbered by such purchases
and investments, did not hesitate to leave them all in the
hands of his son, Edward, and embark for Wales. It may

332 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

have been that whilst in his native place he was able to secure
certain loans ; at any rate his affairs after his return were in a
much better condition than when he left. After his return to
Pennsylvania he continued in the ministry, but did not long
survive. Whilst in Long Island he was taken ill at the house
of John Rodman, and returning home, died at Merion the 18th
of 6-month, 1702, and upon the 20th was interred at the meet-
ing-ground. His will has been abstracted as follows :

Will of Hugh Roberts, "of near Merion ;" dated 25th 5-
mo. 1702. Proved 7 Dec, IJ02. Will Book B, p. 265.

" To eldest son, Robert, *4 of the meadow which was formerly
called clean John's meadow."

"Unto my second son, Owen, what I have in his (my?) hands
towards that Legacie which his grandfather left him."i

" My daughter Elizabeth."

"To my son, Edward, 200 acres of land, with the plantation,
my dwelling house and all buildings, which is called Chesnut Hill."

"Also my two servant lads, Griffith and Morris."

" My grandson, Hugh Roberts, son of Owen."

To Meirion Meeting ^5.

" To my old servant Morris Roberts, 50s., and to my old
servant John Roberts 50s.

Mentions 1100 acres of land belonging to him in Goshen in
the Welsh Tract.

Sons, Robert, Owen and Edward, Executors.

Trustees : John Roberts, Cadwalader Morgan, Griffith John
and Griffith Owen.

Witnesses : Sam'l Jennings, Samuel Browne, Griffith (John?).

Hugh Roberts' extensive transactions in real estate in the
Province of Pennsylvania have been noted. Some of the de-
tails of these purchases are not without interest, as showing
the early changes of land in Merion Township in those early

"This could hardly have been Owen ap Evan, of Fron Gdch, the maternal
grandfather of Hugh Roberts' children, because he died apparently before the birth
of Owen ; yet it is claimed that Robert Pugh, the paternal grandfather, was also
deceased before that date, although the latter is a surmise based upon a statement
made by Hugh Roberts in bis Journal to the effect that his mother had been long
a widow. This statement, however, seems not very clear, and capable of a differ-
ent interpretation. It is also possible that Owen ap Evan was alive in 1677, the
date of Owen's birth. The other explanations are that the bequest was in the
nature of a reversion to the children of Hugh or of Jane Owen, by either grand-
parents, or that the person who left the bequest was William Owen, the great-
grandfather. Neither the wills of Owen ap Evan nor of Robert Pugh can be found
in the Registries of St. Asaph or Bangor up to this writing.

Hugh Roberts. 333

times. It will be recollected that Hugh Roberts' first pur-
chase was as a member of the Merioneth Adventurers. This
was 312 % acres. His next transaction was to buy out in
Wales the interest of John Watkins, being 1 56^ acres, I
April, 1682. Thus it appears that the grantor did not come
out to Merion as intended. On the 1st of the 4th month,
1688, he had a warrant of survey issued to him for 200 acres
" to be taken up in the Welsh Tract, purchased by Hugh of
the Commissioners, of which he sold 100 acres to Katherine
Thomas (alias Katherine Robert), relict of John Thomas."
He had this land confirmed by Patent, 22d 10 br., 1701. At
the same last mentioned date he had a Patent for "100 acres
of Liberty land upon the Indian Creek and Mill Creek near
Adam Rhode's land," said title being in right of the original
purchase of Richard Thomas, of Whitford Game, in the
County of Flint, deceased.

In 1701 it is noted that " Hugh Roberts, being seated on
some of the Proprietor's Land within the Liberty, on west
side of Schuylkill, obtained a survey on 200 acres," but did
not get title as he owed yet £60 on the same. These are
only a few of the transfers to him. As appears by his will he
held nearly, if not quite, 1400 acres of land at the time of his
decease, in 1702.

His principal home plantation, probably that called in the
will " Chestnut Hill," afterwards became the property of the
George family. It is said to have covered the site of the pres-
ent George's Hill, Fairmount Park.

Hugh Roberts had, by Jane, his first wife, the following
children :

1. Robert Roberts, b. 1 i-mo. 7, 1673, of whom presently.

2. Ellin Roberts, b. 10-mo. 4th, 1675.

3. Owen Roberts, b. 10-mo. 1st, 1677; m. Ann Bevan.

4. Edward Roberts, b. 2-mo. 4th, 1680; of whom pres-
ently.

5. William Roberts, b. 3-mo. 26th, 1682; d. 1697.

6. Elizabeth Roberts, b. 12-mo. 24th, 1683.

334 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Robert Roberts, eldest son of Hugh, born in Wales,
1673, is said to have removed to Maryland (A),1 and there died,
leaving, according to several accounts, a son Richard Roberts,
. (B) who was father to

/^j^»^ "^^O^^-isf* Robert Roberts, who re-
^^ t u r n e d to Philadelphia,

and married Catherine, daughter of David Deshler, of Phila-
delphia, and became a prominent merchant of that city. (See
Appendix.)

Robert Roberts married 1st, Catherine Jones; 2ndly,
Priscilla Johns.

Owen Roberts, 2nd son of Hugh and Jane Roberts,
born in Township of Kiltalgarth, Merionethshire, 10-month 1st,

1677; died in Philadel-

/%U3x~- J@f&&fr4p — Phia> Penna-, 10-month,
'*^»-j ■ * 1723; will dated 31 1-

month, 1706; proved 1723. He married i-mo. 23d, 1696-7,
Ann Bevan, daughter of John Bevan (see Bevan). Removed
from Merion to Philadelphia, described as " merchant ;" he
was High Sheriff of Philadelphia County and City 1716-23.
Having been Treasurer of Philadelphia from 22 July, 1712, to
1716. Member of Common Council 171 1. Member of Pro-
vincial Assembly 17 11. Appointed Collector of Imposts
1716-23. His wife was living 1723.

Children of Owen Roberts and Ann, his wife :

1. Hugh Roberts, b. 5-mo. 30, 1699.

5-
6.

John Roberts, b. 8-mo. 12, 1701 ; m. Mary Jones.
Jane Roberts, b. 4-mo. 2, 1703 ; d. 4-mo. 2, 1703.
Awbrey Roberts, b. 4 24, 1705.
Owen Roberts, b. 7-mo. 18, 1708; d. infant.
Owen Roberts, b. 8-mo. 23, 171 1.

'The above is inserted on the authority of C. Morton Smith, Esq. (as to A),
and Edmund H. McCullough, Esq. (as to B). It appears, from the writer's inves-
tigations, that Richard Roberts, brother of John Roberts, of Pencoyd, also proba-
bly removed to Maryland, and the Christian name of Richard suggests a possibility
that Richard Roberts, father of Robert Roberts, deceased 1792, might have been
son of this first Richard, instead of Robert Roberts, son of Hugh. The whole
matter, however, is inserted in a suggestive way, for further investigation.

Hugh Roberts. 335

Edward Roberts, " Esquire," third son of Hugh Rob-
erts and Jane, his 1st wife, born in Township of Ciltalgarth,

County Mer-
ioneth, 2 - m o .
4, 1680; died
in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, 1741. Will proved 6 May, 1741. He
was Mayor of Phila- /j? ^-y.

delphia from Oct. Jfcfl^ ^^/^^^
2nd, 1739; having'-'™ J WW

been a member of O^^^L^Z
Common Council V.

1717. He was Alderman and Justice of the Peace from 12
May, 1725, to 1741 ; Associate Justice City Court prior 3
Oct., 1727 ; Justice Orphans' Court from 10 June, 1724. He
married first, Susanna Painter, daughter of George Painter ;
secondly, Martha Hoskins, and thirdly, Martha Cox.
Children of Edward Roberts :

1. Hugh Roberts.

2. Jane Roberts, m. William Fishbourn, Mayor of Phil-
adelphia.

3. Mary Roberts.

4. Elizabeth Roberts, m. Bond.

Note. — It is not the intention of this work to give, in every case, complete
lists of descendants of the Merion settlers. Such an undertaking would necessi-
tate several volumes of the size of the present publication. It may be briefly noted
here that among the descendants of this line are the families of Vaux, Parrish,
Bond and many others. Among the descendants is Charles Morton Smith, Esq.,
of Philadelphia, who has in MS. a detailed account of most of Hugh Roberts' de-
scendants. Owing to his absence from the city during the continuation of this
work, it was thought best to omit further notes.

LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN.

LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN. THE PEDIGREE OF THE

FAMILY AND AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF

THE AMERICAN DESCENDANTS.

There is no house within the parish of Meifod, in Mont-
gomeryshire, Wales, to which, or to the family once belonging
to it, a more singular or interesting history is attached than to
Dolobran. This ancient family was seated at Dolobran for
many generations (from 1476 to 1780), and trace their lineage
up to a remote period of genealogy ; and after some reverses,
its male descendants are widely spread, and have held and still
occupy most important positions, both in England and Penn-
sylvania1. Thomas Lloyd, Penn's Deputy Governor, was a
very considerable owner of land in Merion Township, a part
of which had been one-half part of the purchase of his brother,
Charles Lloyd, and Margaret Davies, widow. (See a former
page.) A part of this land lay north of Haverford station,
Lower Merion, and part northeast of Ardmore station. The

'Collections of the Powysland Club.

LloydofDolobran. 337

former is owned in part by Thomas Lloyd's descendant,
Clement A. Griscom, whose country place, called " Dolobran,"
is on Grey's Lane, just beyond the Merion Cricket Club's
House.

Dolobran Hall, which is prettily situated, overlooking the
Vyrnwy, is now merely used as a farm-house, and the old meet-
ing house which stands close by, built by Charles Lloyd, the
Quaker, about 1660, has of late years been gradually dis-
mantled of its carved oak gallery and panellings. There is
strong reason for believing that William Penn worshipped and
not improbably preached in this old Quaker chapel, and Hugh
Roberts, of Merion, Robert Owen, and other Cymric Friends,
were accustomed to address their countrymen within its walls.
The Lloyds had a common origin with the distinguished
family of the Vaughans, of Llwydiarth, now extinct in the
male line.

Celynin, of Llwydiarth, the first of this race who settled
in Montgomeryshire, fled there after having slain, in single
combat, the Mayor of Carmarthen. His lineage from Aleth,
" King," or Prince of Dyfed, is as follows : Aleth had
Uchdryd, who by Mared, daughter of Cadiver Vawr, Lord of
Blaen Cych, had Gwrgeney, who by Ales, daughter of Goron-
wy ap Einion, had Ierwerth, who by Eva, daughter of Sir
Aron ap Rees, had Cynddelw, who by Jane, daughter of
Gorwareth, of Kemmes, had Ririd, who by Gwladus1,
daughter of Richard, Lord of Dinas Certhin, had the above
Celynin.

It has been suggested that Celynin is probably identical
with "Celine filio Cheugrel" (i. e. Ririd, who appears as one
of the lay witnesses to the foundation charter of the Abbey of
Ystrad Marchell, and although the charter itself was of a much

'(Lewis Dwnn, vol. ii., p. 277.) But this is not accordant with the Llwydiarth
pedigree in Dwnn, vol. i., p. 294. There " Gwenllian, the daughter of Meredith
ap Rhyddarch ap Tewdwr Mawr," is stated to be the wife of Celynin, and
" Gwladys," to be his mother. It is said, however, in the Salisbury MSS. at
Wynnstay that Gwladys, the daughter of Ririd ap Cynwrig Efell, was the mother
of Celynin, and not the wife. This would account for the possession of Llwy-
diarth.

W. T.— 43.

338 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

earlier date, yet the time of execution of the testing clause, to
which the name is appended, would correspond with Celynin's
date.

How Celynin acquired Llwydiarth, from his mother or by
marriage, is still a mooted question. The authority of the ex-
press statement of Lewis Dwnn that Celynin married " Gwladus
v. aeres Ririd ap Cynwig Evell ag a ga vas Llwydiarth
Ymhowys" (and obtained Llwydiarth in Powys), can, we
think, be safely relied upon ; and to reconcile it with the state-
ment elsewhere, made by the same Herald, that Celynin mar-
ried " Gwenllian v' Meredith ap Rhydderch ap Tewdwr Mawr,"
it may be assumed that he married twice : (1) Gwenllian and
(2) Gwladys. Celynin, after his flight to Montgomeryshire,
became Steward to Charleton, Lord Powys. His eldest son
and heir was :

Einion ap Celynin, of Llwydiarth. John de Charleton,
Lord of Powys, granted unto this Einion, by the designation
of " Anian ap Kelynnin," on the Thursday after the Decola-
tion of St. John the Baptist, 14 Edward III. [1340], Weston
in the Ville of Pennayrth, in Glas Meynoc. He married the
daughter of Adda ap Meyric, Rector of Meifod, a descendant
of Brochwel Ysgythrog, and by her had a son who succeeded
him, by name :

Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth. He is mentioned
in a grant dated 7 May, 7 Henry V., whereby Edward de
Charleton, Lord Powys, pardoned his (Llewelyn's) grandson,
Gryffith ap Jenkin ap Llewelyn for complicity in the rebellion
of Owen Glendower. He married " Lleuca, the daughter of
Griffith ap Eden " (Edneved), Lloid, styled " relicte dicti Llew-
elyn " in the above grant. They had three sons :

1. Jenkin ap Llewelyn, styled in same above mentioned
grant " Jenkin ap Llewelyn, filii predicti Llewelyn et Leuca
Patris Griffini," ancestor of the Vaughans, of Llwydiarth.

2. Ievan ap Llewelyn1, ancestor of the Vaughans, of
Powys, and of the Tal y Lyn branch, Merionethshire.

■Ievan ap Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, married Gwenevor, daugh-
ter of Ievan Gethin ap Madog Cyfin, and had : David ap Ievan, who married

Lloyd of Dolobran. 339

3. David ap Llewelyn, of Dolobran, of whom presently.

Llewelyn divided his estates amongst his sons and to his
youngest son, David, he gave Dolobran and Coedcowrid.

David ap Llewelyn married twice; by his first wife,
Mary, the daughter of Griffith Goch, Esq., he had a son,
Owen, who was ancestor of the Vaughans, of Glascoed, and
whose second son was probably David ap Owen, Abbot, of
Ystrad Marchell, and afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph, who
died about 1512, and whose monument was in the Cathedral
of St. Asaph. David ap Llewelyn married for his second wife,
Medisis, daughter of Griffith Deuddwr, Esq., of the Tribe of
Brochwel Ysgythrog. He was succeeded by his eldest son :

Ievan Teg (or the Handsome), of Dolobran. He mar-
ried Maud, daughter of Evan Blayney, of Castle Blayney in
Ireland, and had a son :

Owen, of Dolobran, who was the first of the family who
took the surname of Lloyd, probably from Llwydiarth, the
estate of his ancestor, Celynin. He married Katherine, the
daughter of Raynalt, son of Sir Griffith Vaughan, Knight
Banneret, of Agincourt, and had two sons and one daughter.
They were :

1. Evan, of Dolobran, of whom presently.

2. David, of Rhosvawr.

3. Ellen, m. John Grey.

Evan Lloyd, of Dolobran, the eldest son, married Gwen-
hwyvar, daughter of Meredith Lloyd, of Meifod, by whom
he had :

Janet, daughter of Ievan GSch ap Ievan Vaughan ap Ievan ap Iorwerth ap Adda,
of Dolgoch, and had : Meredith ap David, who married Maud, daughter of
Meredith ap Griffith Derwas, of Nannau (see pedigree of Rowland Ellis), and
had: John ap Meredith, who married Gwenllian, daughter of Ednyvet ap
David ap Howell ap Einion (possibly of the line of Ednowain ap Bradwen) and
had : Hugh ap John, of Tal y Lyn (a parish in the hundred — or Com6t — of
Estimaner, Merionethshire, about eight miles southwest of Dolgelly) and had :
Mary verch Hugh, who married David ap Howell, of Llwyngwrill, Merion-
ethshire. Her mother was Catherine, daughter of Rhys ap David ap Ievan ap
Jackws ap David ap Ievan. David ap Howell had : Hugh ap David, who, by
Catherine, of Abergynolwyn, had : Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn-du, who, by
Elizabeth, daughter of John Powel, of Llanwddyn, had : Owen Humphrey, of
Llwyn-du, ancestor to the Humphreys, Owen, Ellis and other families of Pennsyl-
vania.

340 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

1. David, of Dolobran, of whom presently.

2. John Wyn, of Dyffryn.

David Lloyd, of Dolobran (born 1 5 23), the eldest son,
appears under the name of " DD. Lloid ap leu'n {Evan) ap
Owen, Gentleman," on Grand Juries, in the County of Mont-
gomery, 34 Henry VIII. [A. D. 1542]. He married, first,
Eva, daughter of Edward Price, of Eglusig, by whom he had
no issue ; and secondly, Eva, daughter of Evan David Goch,
son of Jenkin Vaughan, of Bodfach, by whom he had :

David Lloyd, of Dolobran (born 1549). He appears in
county Grand Juries in 8th, 19th, 20th, 23d and 25th of Eliza-
beth, and as " David ap DD. Lloyd, of Dolobran, Gentleman"
in the 34th of Elizabeth. He married Ales, daughter of David
Lloyd, of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, Esq., descended from
Ririd Flaidd, Lord of Penllyn, and had a son :

John Lloyd, of Dolobran (born 1575), who married his
cousin Katherine, the daughter and coheiress of Humphrey
Wynn, of Dyffryn, son of the above named John Wynn,
of Dyffryn, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Roger
Kynaston. " He kept his abode at Coedcowryd, and wain-
scoted the parlour thereof and lived there in great state,
having twenty-four men with halberts to attend him to Meivod
Church, and placed them in his great pew under the pulpit.
He also bought Owen John Humphrey's estate in Meivod.'"
He appears as " fohes Lloyd, gen." on the county Grand Jury,
8 James I., and as " Johes Lloyd de Dolobran, gen." 20 James
I., and as "Johes Lloyd, of Dolobran, Ar.," as a grand juror or
magistrate in 2nd, 4th and 9th Charles I. He disappears from
the list of Justice's of the Peace 14 Charles I. He was suc-
ceeded by his son :

Charles Lloyd (I.), of Dolobran (born 1613). He mar-
ried Elizabeth Stanley, daughter of Thomas Stanley, of
Knockin, in the County of Salop (son of Sir Edward Stanley,
son of Sir Foulk Stanley, son of Sir Piers Stanley, son of Sir
Rowland Stanley, brother of Lord Stanley, of Knockin).
" He lived at Dolobran Hall, and enlarged the same by adding

Lloyd of Dolobran. 341

to it the timber buildings on the north side thereof, making
the said hall's platform to resemble the figure of a capital L."
There was previous to the year 1780 an oak panel over
the fire-place of the old hall at Dolobran, upon which was em-
blazoned the shield of Charles Lloyd of fifteen quarterings,
impaling the Stanley arms with six quarterings in right of his
wife, Elizabeth Stanley. This panel was removed by James
Lloyd before he sold Dolobran Hall, and presented to his rela-
tive Charles Lloyd, from whom it came to the grandson of the
latter, James Farmer Lloyd, of London, who now owns it.
Charles Lloyd was esteemed one of the most eminent geneal-
ogists and antiquarians of his time. He died in 1657, and his
burial is thus entered in Meivod Register :
" Burials, \ Charles Lloyd, Esq., of Dolobran, was buried
1657. ) 77 day August!'

His will was dated 17 June, 165 1. He had three sons :

1. Charles, b. 9 Dec, 1637, of Dolobran; the Quaker,
grad. Oxford, M. D1.

2. John, of Jesus College, Oxford, grad. M. D. ; clerk in
chancery.

3. Thomas, Dep. Gov. Penna., of whom presently.

Thomas Lloyd, of Dolobran, third son of Charles, was
born 17 Feb., 1640, and died in Pennsylvania 10 September,
1694. " He graduated from Jesus College, Oxford,"3 and is
stated to have also been a doctor of medicine. His record as a
minister among Friends, both in Wales and America, is well
known, and, as well as his political career, is referred to else-
where. He was Deputy Governor and President of Provincial
Council 1684-93. An account of his purchases in Merion has
also been given, and suffice it to say here that his lands were
partly in the immediate neighborhood of Haverford Station,
where several of his descendants now reside at " Dolobran."

'Charles Lloyd (II.), of Dolobran, the celebrated Quaker, married first,
Elizabeth, daughter of Sampson Lort, and left issue. The author has not verified
the statement that Charles and his brother Thomas Lloyd were graduates of Ox-
ford. The statement is made upon the word of others. A further investigation is
suggested.

•See supra.

342 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

He married first, 9 September, 1665, Mary, daughter of Roger
Jones, of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales, and secondly,
Patience Gardiner, widow unto Robert Story and, by his first
wife, who died in 1680, he had ten children, viz. :

1. Hannah, b. 1666; m. John Delaval; m., 2ndly,
Richard Hill; for issue see Lloyd-Carpenter Family.

2. Rachel, b. 1667-8 ; m. Samuel Preston.

3. Mordicai, b. 1669 ; d. s. p. at Sea, in 1694.

4. John, b. 1671 ; d. s. p. at Jamaica, 1692.

5. Mary, b. 1674; m. Isaac Norris.

6. Thomas, b. 1675 ; m. Sarah Young.

7. Elizabeth, b. 1677; d. 1704; m., 1700, Daniel Zach-
ary, and had Dr. Lloyd Zachary, of Philadelphia.

8. Margaret, b. 1685 ; d. 1693.

9. Deborah, b. 1682 ; m. Dr. Mordecai Moore.
10. Samuel, b. 1684 ; d. infant.

Thomas Lloyd, of Goodmansfields, in London, son of
Governor Thomas Lloyd, b. 1675; d. ante 1718; m. Sarah
Young, and had :

Thomas Lloyd, of Philadelphia, d. 1754; m. Susannah,
d. 1740, daughter of Philip Kearney, of Philadelphia, and
widow of Dr. Edward Owen, and had :

Sarah Lloyd, d. 1788, who m. William Moore, of Phila-
delphia, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Penn-
sylvania in 1 78 1, who d. 1793, and had: Elizabeth Moore,
who m. 1784, Francois Barbe, Marquis de Marbois, Charge
d' Affairs of France in the United States, and had issue, and :
Major Thomas Lloyd Moore, of Philadelphia, b. 1759;
d. 1 8 13; m. Sarah, daughter of Joseph Stamper, and had:

Eliza Moore, b. 1786; d. 1823; who m. Richard Will-
ing, of Philadelphia, b. 1775 ; d. 1858; and had:

1. Thomas Moore Willing, of Philadelphia, d.
1850, who m., 1 83 1, Matilda Lee, daughter of Ber-
nard Moore Carter, of Virginia, and had children :
I. William Bingham ; II. Mildred Theresa;
III. Matilda L. ; IV. Arthur Lee.

Lloyd of Dolobran. 343

2. Mary Willing, d. s. p., i860 ; m. John M. Dale,
of Philadelphia, son of Richard Dale, Commodore of
the United States Navy.

3. Henry Willing.

4. Ellen Willing, m. Comte Blondeel van Cuele-
broeck, of Belgium.

5 . Caroline Willing, d. 1 860, who m. Dr. E. Peace,
and had issue, who assumed the name of Willing:

I. Ella Moore Willing, m. Oswold Jackson,
of New York, a descendant of Chief Justice
Chew, of Pennsylvania, and had :

1. Laura Carroll ; 2. Oswald.

II. Richard Lloyd Willing, m. Elizabeth
Kent, daughter of William Henry Ashhurst,
and had :

1. Charles; 2. William Henry Ash-
hurst ; 3. Lionel ; 4. James Kent.

6. Elizabeth Willing, m. John Jacob Ridgway,
of Philadelphia, and had :

I. Emily Ridgway, m. Etienne, Comte de
Ganay. Issue.

II. Charles Henry Ridgway.

7. Edward Shippen Willing, of Philadelphia, m.
Alice C, daughter of Dr. John Rhea Barton, of Phila-
delphia, and had :

I. John Rhea Barton Willing.

II. Susan R. Willing, of Philadelphia.

III. Ava Lowle Willing, who m. 17 Febru-
ary, 1 891, John Jacob Astor, of New York City.

The Carpenter Branch.

Rachel Lloyd, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, married
Samuel Preston, of Pennsylvania, and had :

Hannah Preston, who married Samuel Carpenter, Jr.,
and had :

Preston Carpenter, of Salem, N. J., d. 1785, who had
by his first wife, Hannah Smith, Hannah, and :

344 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

I. William Carpenter, of Salem, 1754-1837, m., first,
1782, Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew Wyatt, of Salem,
issue ; m., secondly, Mary, daughter of John Redman, and had :

1. Samuel Preston Carpenter, of Salem, who m.,
first, 1837, Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Acton, of
Salem, and had :

I. John Redman Carpenter, of Salem, who
m. Mary C, daughter of Joseph B. Thompson,
and had :

1. Preston; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Maurice.

II. Samuel Preston Carpenter, of Salem, m.
Rebecca Bassett, and had :

1. Benjamin A.; 2. William.

III. Sarah W., m. Richard H. Reeve, of Cam-
den, N. J. Issue.

IV. Mary R., m. Benjamin C. Reeve, of Cam-
den, N. J. Issue.

V. William Carpenter, of Salem, N. J.

2. Mary Wyatt, wife of James Hunt. Issue.

3. William Carpenter, m., first, Hannah Scull;
m., secondly, Phebe Warren.

4. John Redman Carpenter, d. s. p., 1833.

5. Rachel R., wife of Charles Sheppard. Issue.

II. Thomas Carpenter, of Carpenter's Landing, Glou-
cester Co., N. J., 1752-1847; m. Mary Tonkins, and had:

Edward Carpenter, of Glassboro', N. J., 1 777-1 813;
m., 1799, Sarah, daughter of Dr. James Stratton, of
Swedesboro', N. J., and had :

I. Thomas Preston Carpenter, of Camden,
N. J., 1804-76; m. Rebecca, daughter of Dr.
Samuel Hopkins, of Philadelphia, had : James H.

II. Dr. James Stratton Carpenter, of Potts-
ville, Pa., 1807-72; m. Camilla J., daughter of
John Sanderson, and had :

1. Dr. John T. Carpenter, of Pottsville.
Issue.

Lloyd of Dolobran. 345

2. Sarah S., m. Rev. Daniel Washburne.
Issue.

3. Preston Carpenter, of Pottsville.
Issue.

III. Edward Carpenter, of Philadelphia, m.
Anna Maria, daughter of Benjamin M. Howey,
of Gloucester County, N. J., and had :

1. Major James Edward Carpenter, of
Philadelphia, who m., 17 October, 1867,
Harriet Odin, daughter of Rev. Benjamin
Dorr, D. D. Issue :

I. Edward; II. Helen; III. Grace,
d. young; IV. William Dorr; V.
Lloyd Preston.

2. Thomas P. Carpenter, of Buffalo, N.
Y., unm.

3. Charles C. S. Carpenter, d. 1881.

4. Colonel Louis Henry Carpenter, U.

5. Army, unm.

5. Sarah Caroline Carpenter, m. An-
drew Wheeler, of Philadelphia and Bryn
Mawr. Issue :

I. Andrew Wheeler, Jr., of Phila-
delphia, m. Mary Wilcox, daughter of
Rev. Edward Shippen Watson, and had :

1. Sophia Wilcox ; 2. Eleanor
Ledlie.

II. Anna, d. young ; III. James May,
d. young; IV. Samuel Bowman; V.
Arthur Ledlie ; VI. Walter Strat-
ton; VII. Herbert.

6. Mary Howell Carpenter, unm.

IV. Mary Tonkins Carpenter, who m. Rich-
ard W. Howell, of Camden, N. J., and had :

1. Dr. Samuel B. Howell, of Philadel-
phia, m. Maria E., daughter of Rev. William
Neill, D. D. Issue.

W. T.— 44.

346 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

2. Anna, m. Malcolm Lloyd, of Philadel-
phia. Issue.

3. Charles Stratton Howell.

4. Joshua Ladd Howell, m. Mary E.,
daughter of William L. Savage, of Philadel-
phia. Issue : Evelyn Virginia.

5. Thomas James Howell, k. in battle,
1862.

Francis Lee Howell, d. s. p., 1 872.
V. Rev. Samuel T. Carpenter, m., first,
Frances Champlain, of Derby, Conn. ; m., sec-
ondly, Emily D. Thompson, of Wilmington,
Del. Issue.
III. Elizabeth Carpenter, m., 1767, Ezra Firth, of
Salem County, N. J., and had :

1. Preston C, issue; 2. John, issue; 3. Thomas;

4. Samuel, issue.

5. Hannah Firth, m. Isaac C. Jones, of Philadel-
phia, and had :

I. Samuel Tonkins Jones, of New York, m.,
first, Sarah M. Thomas ; secondly, Martha M.
Thomas.

The Morris Branch.

Rachel Lloyd, who m., 1688, Samuel Preston, Mayor of
Philadelphia, and had :

Hannah Preston, who m. Samuel Carpenter, Jr., of Phil-
adelphia, and had :

Hannah Carpenter, d. 1766, who m., 1746, as his first
wife, Samuel Shoemaker, Mayor of Philadelphia, son of Samuel
Shoemaker, Mayor of Philadelphia, and had :

Benjamin Shoemaker, of Philadelphia, b. 1746, who m.,
1773, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Anna Warner, and
had:

Anna Shoemaker, b. 1777; d. 1865, who m., first, 1796,
Robert Morris, Jr., of Philadelphia, son of Robert Morris, and
had by him :

Lloyd of Dolobran. 347

I. Elizabeth Anna Morris, d. 1870 ; m., first, Sylvester
Malsan, and had :

1. John Francis Malsan, m. Sarah Bennet Brown,
of Blandford, England.

2. Henry Morris Malsan, m. Sarah E. White, of
Whitesboro', N. Y.

Elizabeth Anna Morris, in., secondly, John Cosgrove,
of Albany, N. Y., and had by him :

Mary Elizabeth, m. Joseph J. Manifold.

II. Mary White Morris, d. 1838; m., 1827, Dr. Paul
Hamilton Wilkins, of Georgia.

III. Dr. Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, who m., first,
27 May, 1836, Caroline, daughter of Henry and Maria (Mor-
ris) Nixon, and m., secondly, 1 June, 1854, Lucy P., daughter
of Robert Morris Marshall, of Fauquier County, Va., son of
Judge James Markham and Hetty (Morris) Marshall, of Vir-
ginia ; Dr. Morris had by his first wife :

Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, Major, U. S. Vol-
unteers, d. in Libby Prison, 1863 ; m., 19 January,
i860, Ellen M., daughter of George M. Wharton,
and had :

I. Caroline Nixon Morris.

II. Marion Wharton Morris, who m., 20
April, 1 882, Richard Norris Williams.

Dr. Robert Morris had by his second wife :

1. Dr. Henry Morris, of Philadelphia, who m., 12
October, 1 880, Bessie T. Elliott.

2. James Markham, d. 1864; 3. Anna ; 4. Susan
Marshall; 5. Lucy Marshall.

Rachel Lloyd, who m., 6 July, 1688, Samuel Preston,
Mayor of Philadelphia, 171 1; Treasurer of the Province of
Pennsylvania, 1714-43, and member of the Governor's Coun-
cil; d. 1743, and had:

Hannah Preston, b. 1693; d. 1772; m., 171 1, Samuel
Carpenter, of Philadelphia, son of Samuel Carpenter, Treasurer
of the Province of Pennsylvania, and had:

348 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Judge Preston Carpenter, of Salem, N. J., b. 1721 ; d.
1785 ; m., first, 1742, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Smith, of
Salem County, N. J., and had by her :

Hannah Carpenter, b. 1743; d. 1820; m., first, 1768,
Charles Ellet, of Salem, N. J. (his second wife), and m., sec-
ondly, Jedediah Allen, of Salem, N. J., by whom she had :

Hannah Allen, who m. James Smith, of Salem, N.
J., and had :

Sarah Ann Smith, who m. Dr. David M. Davis,
of Woodstown, N. J. Issue.

Hannah Carpenter had by her first husband :

I. John Ellet, of Salem County, N. J., b. 1769; d.
1824; m., first, 1792, Mary, daughter of William
Smith, of Salem, N. J., and m., secondly, Sarah
English, and had by his first wife :

Hannah Carpenter Ellet, b. 1793; d. 1862;
who m., first, 181 3, George Wishart Smith, of
Princess Anne County, Va., m., secondly, Joseph
E. Brown, of Salem, N. J., and had by him, who
d. in 1844:

I. William Henry Brown, of Salem, N.
J. Issue.

II. Joseph Francis Brown, U. S. Army.
By her first husband, who d. in Philadelphia, in
1S21, she had:

I. Charles Perrin Smith, of Trenton, N.
J., b. 1819; d. 1883; m., 1843, Hester A.,
daughter of Colonel Matthew Driver, of
Caroline County, Md., and had :

1. Ellen Wishart; 2. Charles
Perrin ; 3. Elizabeth Alford ; 4.
Florence Burman.

II. Mary Ellet Smith, who m. General
Richard Thomas, of Queen Anne County >
Md. Issue.

Lloyd of Dolobran. 349

III. Georgiana Wishart Smith, who m.
Samuel C. Harbert, of Philadelphia, Colonel
U. S. Volunteers, and had :

1. Mary V. Harbert.

2. Ella M., wife of Howard Hamil-
ton, of Philadelphia. Issue.

John Ellet had by his second wife :

Judge Henry T. Ellet, of Memphis, Tenn., M.
C, who m., first, Rebecca Champneys, daughter
of Elias P. Seeley, Governor of New Jersey, and
m., secondly, Kate S., daughter of John B. Cole-
man, of Mississippi. Issue :

I. Jane S., m. Dr. Richard B. Maury.
Issue.

II. Joseph R. Ellet, m. Laura Brantley.
Issue.

III. Kate C, m. Evan Shelby Jeffries.
Issue.

IV. Henry T. ; V. John E. ; VI. Edward
C; VII. Sarah E; VIII. Richard
Maury.

II. Charles Ellet, of Salem, N. J., b. 1777; d
1847; m-> 1 80 1, Mary, daughter of Israel Israel,
Sheriff of Philadelphia County, Pa., and had :

I. John Israel Ellet, of Atchison, Kas., m.r
first, Laura Scarritt, and m., secondly, Mary
Skillman. By his first wife he had :

Colonel John A. Ellet, of Boulder, Col.,
who m. Elizabeth K. Church, and had :
1. Laura; 2. Charles Lippincott.
John I. Ellet had by his second wife :

I. Charles ; II. Henry ; III. Winthrop
C; IV. Anne.

V. Richard S. Ellet, m. Bettie Cullen.
Issue : Alfred.

VI. Arthur; VII. Alfred.

350 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

2. Alfred W. Ellet, of Eldorado, Kas.,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, who had by
his first wife, Sarah J. Robarts, of Philadelphia,
who d. 1875 :

I. Dr. Edward C. Ellet, of Bunker Hill,
111., m. Fannie Van Dorn. Issue.

II. William H. Ellet. Issue.

III. Elvira A., wife of Charles J. Kendall.
Issue.

3. Charles Ellet, b. 1810; d. from wound
received in battle at Memphis, 1 862 ; m. Elvira
A., daughter of Judge William Daniels, of
Lynchburg, Va., and had :

I. Dr. Charles Rivers Ellet, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, d. s. p., 1863.

II. Mary V., m. William Cabell, of Vir-
ginia. Issue.

III. Cornelia E., d. unm. ; IV. Wil-
liam D.

4. Hannah Ellet, d. 1847, who m. George C.
Hale, and had :

Mary Ann, m. Cleaveland M. Crandell.

5. Mary, d. s. p., 1834, wife of James Bailey.

6. Eliza Ellet, who m. George S. Bryan,
and had :

Mary E., d. s. p., 1869, wife of Robert
Albree, of Pittsburg, Pa.

7. Dr. Edward C. Ellet, of Alton, 111. Issue :
III. Rachel C. Ellet, b. 1780, d. 1855 ; m. James
Wainwright, of Maryland, and had :

1. Thomas B. Wainwright, of Pittsburg, Pa.,

m. Emily Watson, and had :

I. John Watson, d. s. p. ; II. Rachel, d-
unm. ; III. Sarah E., d. unm.

IV. Caroline, m. Hiram Kimball.

V. Alice, m. Arthur Miller, of Philadel-
phia, and had :

Lloyd of Dolobran. 351

1. William Hartshorne; 2. Ar-
thur ; 3. Llewellyn W.

2. William J. Wainwright, of Philadelphia,
d. 1869; m. Sarah Church, and had:

I. Alice ; II. Sallie E.

3. James E. Wainwright, of San Francisco, d.
1869; m. Mary Delaney, of Delaware, and had :

I. Mary ; II. Charles L.

IV. Sarah, d. s. p., wife of Joseph Reeve, of Salem,
N.J.

V. William Ellet, of New York, d. 1836, m.
Elizabeth Taggert, of New Jersey, and had :

1. Sarah Ann Ellet, d. unra.

2. Professor William H. Ellet, M. D., d.
1859 ! m- Elizabeth Fries, daughter of Dr. Wil-
liam N. Lummis, of New York.

3. Charles Ellet, of New York, k. 1868.

Deborah Lloyd, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, married,
1704, Dr. Mordecai Moore, of Anne Arundel County, Mary-
land, as his 2nd wife, and had :

Deborah Moore, b. 1705 ; d. 175 1 ; m., 1720, Dr. Rich-
ard Hill, of Hill's Point, Md., b. 1698; d., Funchal, 1762, and
had:

Margaret Hill, b. 1737; d. 1816; m., 1758, William
Morris, of Philadelphia, d. 1766, and had:

1 . Gulielma Maria Morris, b. 1 766 ; d. 1 826 ; m., 1 784,
John Smith, of " Green Hill," Philadelphia, b. 1761 ; d. 1803.

2. Richard Hill Morris, of Philadelphia, d. 1841 ; m.,
second, 1798, Mary, d. 1848, daughter of Richard S. Smith,
of Burlington, N. J., and had :

I. William Henry Morris, of Philadelphia, b.
1799; d. 1846; m. Margaret Edwards Maris, ot
Bucks County, Pa., and had :

1. Martha Moore Morris, d. 1870, who m.

William Gummere, of Burlington, N. J., and

had :

352 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

I. Richard Morris Gummere, Bethle-
hem, Pa., m. Elizabeth Hunt, and had:
Rebecca H. and William.

II. Margaret Morris Gummere, unm.

III. Frances Marsh Gummere, who m.
James Craig Perrine, of Trenton, d. 1879,
and had : Martha G.

IV. William Henry Gummere, of Bur-
lington, N. J.

2. Elizabeth Maris Morris, who m. Dillwyn
Smith, of Burlington, N. J.

3. Jane M. Morris, who m., 1865, Francis
William Milnor, of Burlington, N. J. Issue:
Thomas W.

II. Edmund Morris, of Burlington, b. 1804; d.
1874; m., 1827, Mary P., d. 1876, daughter of Wil-
liam Jenks, and had :

1. Anna Margretta Morris, d. 1876, who
m., 1849, Rev- Marcus F. Hyde, D. D., of Bur-
lington, N. J.; d. 1880, and had:

Professor Edmund Morris Hyde, of
Chester, Pa.

2. Ellen A., m. George Dugdale. Issue :
Horace C.

3. Mary Ann Morris, m., 5 November, 1863,
Alexander Fergusson, of Philadelphia, and had :

I. Edmund M. ; II. Agnes M. ; III. Henry
A. ; IV. Mary M. ; V. Alexander C. ; VI.
Helen.

4. Henry Burling Morris, of Ithaca, N. Y.,
m., first, 1867, Anne B. Knapp; m., second,
1879, Florence A. Dowe. Issue :

I. Edmund; II. Samuel Tracy Knapp;
III. Harold B.

III. Charles Moore Morris, of Philadelphia, b.
1810; m., 183 1, Anna, daughter of William Jenks,
of Bucks County, Pa., and had :

Lloyd of Dolobran. 353

1. William Jenks Morris, m., 1858, Anna
M., daughter of Sterne Humphreys. Issue :

2. Mary Anna, wife of Sanderson R. Martin.
Issue.

3. Dr. John Morris, of Philadelphia, b. 1759; d. 1793;
m-» I783, Abigail Dorsey; d. 1793, and had :

I. Martha Milcah Morris, d. 1826, who m., 1809,
first, Thomas Lawrie, and m., secondly, 1821, Jacob
B. Clark.

The Woodnutt-Griscom Branch.
Margaret Carpenter, dau. Preston Carpenter, m., 1776,
James Mason Woodnutt, of Salem, N. J., and had :

1 . Hannah Woodnutt, m. Clement Acton, of Salem,
N. J., and had :

I. Clement J. Acton, of Cincinnati, m. Mary,
daughter of Colonel John Noble, of Columbus,
Ohio, and had :

1. Margaret W., m. Augustus W. Dur-
kee, of New York.

2. Lillie, m. Frank K. Hickok, of New
York. Issue.

II. Margaret W. Acton, m. Dr. John D.
Griscom, of Philadelphia, and had :

1. Clement Acton Griscom, of Philadel-
phia and Dolobran, Pa., m. Frances Canby
Biddle1. Issue :

I. Helen B. ; II. Clement A. ; III.
Rodman E. ; IV. Lloyd C. ; V.
Frances C.

2. Hannah W., m. Frank L. Neall, of
Philadelphia. Issue :

3. William Woodnutt Griscom, of Phil-
adelphia, m. Dora Ingham Hale.

2. Margaret Woodnutt, m. Judge William J.
Shinn, of Salem, N. J., and had :

'Mrs. Griscom is descended from Owen Biddle, son of John, by a daughter of
Owen Owen, Esq., son of Robert Owen, of Merion.
w. T. — 45.

354 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

I. Mary, m. Dr. Thomas Reed, of Philadel-
phia. Issue.

II. Martha, m. Dr. Isaiah D. Clawson, M. C,
of New Jersey. Issue.

3. Martha, m. Joshua Reeves, of Salem. Issue.

4. Mary, m. Benjamin Newlin, of Pennsylvania.

5. Jonathan Woo dnutt, m., first, Mary Goodwin;
m., secondly, Sarah Dennis. Issue :

I. Richard Woodnutt, m. Lydia Hall. Issue.

II. William Woodnutt, m. Elizabeth Bassett.
Issue.

III. Thomas Woodnutt, m. Hannah Morgan.
Issue.

IV. Mary, wife of Edward A. Acton. Issue.

6. Prkston Woodnutt, m. Rachel Goodwin, and
had:

I. Elizabeth, m. Annesly Newlin. Issue.

II. James M. Woodnutt, m. Elizabeth Denn.
Issue.

III. Edward ; IV. Preston C.

V. Hannah Ann, m. Nathan Baker. Issue.

7. Elizabeth, m. Morris Hall, of Salem, N. J. Issue.

Note. — The above notes of the descendants of the Lloyds of Dolobran are
from the Lloyd-Carpenter Genealogy, by Smith; from C. P. Keith's Provincial
Councillors of Pennsylvania ; and from data furnished by descendants. The lines
are incomplete, and are only intended to show the ramification of some branches.
The author assumes no responsibility beyond accuracy in transcribing.

BROOKE AND MORGAN FAMILIES.

In Colonial days Gulph Mills was the terminus of the
main highway leading from Philadelphia through Merion
Township, but prior to the Revolutionary period, the Gulph
itself produced but little now of interest, even to the local his-
torian. It marked, indeed, in very primitive times, the boundary
between well cared for plantations and a hilly wilderness.

The mills early established here were not the first in the
Great Welsh Tract, for we know that those erected by John
Roberts in the picturesque valley of the Mill Creek, a mile or
so north of Ardmore, and called by him " Wayn Mills," and that
built by Rowland Powell upon Darby Creek, in Haverford,
antedate them many years. One Joseph Williams, a Welsh-
man, appears as overseer and operator of the early Gulph mills.
As years rolled by the superior location and fine water supply
tempted others to locate here, and among these was Benjamin
Brooke.

It had been the privilege of this man to serve in General
Washington's army. After the termination of the struggle for
Independence he established an extensive forge at the Gulph,
where he, " by improved machinery, greatly increased the value
of the screw auger and cheapened its price. With equal vigor
and success he took hold of the scythe, sickle, spade and shovel
making, and the forging round iron by water-power, with other
branches of smithing and cutlery . Previously the sup-
ply had been almost wholly from England."

This is but another illustration of the effect of Welsh
blood and Welsh brains, for many of Benjamin Brooke's an-
cestors were of Cymric lineage, although the direct ancestry
was English.

The first of the family in America was one John Brooke,
who came from Yorkshire and settled in the County of Glou-
cester, in the Province of West New Jersey, where he died at

356 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

the house of William Cooper, in 1699. Will dated 25th of 8th
month, 1699, proved 1st of March, 1 699-1 700. According to
this will he had issue : Jonathan, James, Mathew, Abigail, who
married Robert Todd, and Elizabeth, who married Joshua
Sirbey.

The eldest son Jonathan (who had George), and the two
daughters were living in England in 1699. His will shows
him to have been quite a wealthy man for his day.

He mentions " seven hundred and fifty acres of land
which I bought of William Penn, lying and being in yB Prov-
ince of Pensilvenia, between Sasquehanna & Delaware, which
I bought jointly with Thomas Musgrove." His personal
estate amounted to the respectable sum of £200, 15s., 02d.,
equal to several thousand dollars of our money. The will is
witnessed by John Kay, executor, William Cooper, Hannah
Cooper and Sarah Canthrog. The inventory was made 6th of
1 2th month, 1699, by John Dale and Thomas Sharp. His
wife's name is said to have been Frances.

James Brooke, the son of John, died in 1720. The family
had now removed to Limerick, and Jonathan Brooke, son of
James, married Elizabeth Reece, a Welsh woman, and died in
175 1 (will proved 8, 11, 175 1), leaving a son named James
Brooke, born 1723 ; died 6th month, 1787, having mar-
tied Mary Evans, also of Cymric lineage. His son was Ben-
jamin Brooke, who established the Forge at the Gulph. Ben-
jamin Brooke was born in Limerick, 9th month 24th, 1753,
and died at his residence at the Gulph Mills, Upper Merion,
7th month 22, 1834. He married, 25th of 4th months 1776,
Anna Davis (she was of Welsh descent and was born 1 ith
month 29th, 1754; died 9th month 7th, 1823). Benjamin
Brooke was a man of very considerable energy and force of
character and an uncompromising patriot. Upon the break-
ing out of the Revolutionary War he volunteered his services
in the field, which were accepted, and in March, 1776, we find
that Benjamin Brooke, gentleman, was commissioned a Lieu-
tenant of a company of foot in the Third Battalion of Asso-
ciators in the County of Philadelphia, by the Assembly, John

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Morton, speaker. From this time until the close of the war,
years later, his sword was never sheathed. " On the eve of
the Revolution he had just commenced life as the head of a
family. He embarked in his country's camp with all the
energy of his character. Through every stage of the struggle
he stood faithful to his principles and his duty to his country.
In '76 he left a promising business to lead a company of his
fellow citizens to Amboy. Among the sacrifices and suffer-
ings of that trying period was the loss of his previously
acquired property."

Thus did this brave man risk his life and fortune for the
cause of Liberty and his sacred honor. On the 12th of May,
1777, he was commissioned Captain of a company of foot in
the Sixth Battalion of Militia, in the County of Philadelphia ;
" In the name and by the authority of the Freemen of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

Benjamin Brooke had a son, Nathan Brooke, of Lower
Merion, born 2, 8, 1778; died 2, 5, 1815, who married 10, II,
1804, Mary, daughter of Hugh Jones, and had, Hugh Jones
Brooke, of Radnor, born 12, 27, 1805; died 12, 19, 1876;
married 4, 16, 1829, Jemima Elizabeth Longmire, of Notting-
ham, England, and had, Francis Mark Brooke, born 7, 4,
1836; married 7, 19, 1862, Adelaide Hunter Vogdes (born 2,
11, 1840; died 11, 25, 1888). She was a lineal descendant of
Anthony Wayne, grandfather of General Wayne.1

Hugh Jones, above mentioned, was born in Merion 3, 12,
1748, and died in Maple 12, 29, 1796. He married 2, 11, 1777,
Mary Hunter, of Radnor (born 11,12, 1757 ; died 8, 20, 1820),
daughter of James Hunter, of Radnor, and Hannah Morgan,
his wife, of whom presently.

Hugh Jones was the son of Hugh Jones, of Merion, born
1705 ; died 8, 8, 1790, and Mary, his wife. This Hugh Jones
was the owner of the property known as " Brookfield," north
of Bryn Mawr, and now owned by Wayne MacVeagh, Esq.

'The author is under obligation to Francis Mark Brooke, Esq., of Philadel-
phia, for some of the above and other information, some of which unfortunately,
on account of want of space, it was impossible to use.

358 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

He had originally purchased a part of the Lloyd plantation
and subsequently increased his holdings until they included
nearly seven hundred acres. He was the son of another Hugh
Jones, born say circa 1675, doubtless the same person who
bought land in this spot in 1700, and possibly brother to
Robert Jones. This family, however, is not to be confused
with Hugh Jones, alias Hugh John Thomas, of Merion, one
of the Merioneth Adventurers, who afterwards removed from
Merion to Plymouth, and then died. Hannah Morgan, above
referred to, was the daughter of John Morgan, of Vaenor, Rad-
nor. His plantation is now the property of his descendant,
Miss Martha Brown, of Radnor.

John Morgan, " gentleman," settled in Radnor very early,
and married Sarah Jones, daughter of John Evans, of the Par-
ish of Nantmell, or Nantmele, in Radnorshire, " gentleman,"
who died in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, in November,
1707, leaving issue two sons, Rees and Thomas Jones, and a
wife Dalila, and daughters, Sarah, aforesaid, wife of John Mor-
gan, Jane, Margaret, wife of Hugh Samuel, and Phcebe, wife of
Edward David. John Evans came about 1683, and was born
circa 1640.

The Samuel Brooke Branch.

Samuel Brooke, the son of James, the son of the emigrant, John,
removed to Radnor in 1771, having purchased of Moses Roberts a
tract of land lying about half a mile east of old St. David's Church.
He had removed from Limerick to Plymouth in 1758. On going
to Radnor they lived for a short time in a log house that was on
the property; commencing almost on arrival the building of a sub-
stantial house and barn.

The following entries, in the handwriting of Samuel, are on
the margins of his almanacs :

"April 10th, 1771, we hauled the first lode to Radnor.

May the 7 day, 1771, Begun the new house at Radnor, that is
the masons, the carpenters Began May the 9th day, 1771.

May the first we moved to Radnor, 1771.

August the 16 day, 1771, the masons finished my house.

August 19 day, 1771, we moved in our new house at Radnor.
Began the Barn the 17 of the above said month."

The following entry is of the same time : " 2730 nails left for
the barn." The modern builder would count his nails, not by

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units, but by kegs ; but then each nail was hammered out and
headed by hand.

A small forge (tilt mill) was erected on the Radnor place some
time before the end of the last century, just when is not known.
An old account-book commences January 26th, 1798, at which
time the mill was evidently in full blast. The writer has heard his
father speak of it as being in operation during the last war with
England, at which time certain military equipments were made.
The power was obtained from Little Darby Creek, the water being
carried nearly half a mile by a large ditch. This ditch is nearly
perfect to-day. The foundations of the building, and the pit which
was blasted in the rock, for the water-wheel, are easily traced.

The articles manufactured about the end of the last century
(at which time John, the son of Samuel, had the forge) appear to
have been chiefly skates and spades. The following is an entry in
the account-book:

" Thomas Hockley to Jno. Brooke, Dr.
1798

Feby. 2nd, to 20 pairs of Skates 7-6
May 19, to 9 doz Spades
to 1 6 pair Skates
1799, to 11 pairs Skates
Jan'y 8, to 64 pairs Skates
Feb'y 2, to 11 1 pair Skates at 8-
May 7, to 3 doz. Spades

The credit side of this account appears curious at the present
time. Fifteen cash entries are made in English currency ; the next
is as follows :

" 1801, April & May, Jane Clay Rec'd of T. Hockley for me,
at 3 different times, 75 dollars and one French crown.

iThe functions performed by John Brooke were various, as will
be seen from the following entries :

" Ezra and Gideon Thomas, Dr.
1802 £.

October 22, to Surveying 1.

Do 26, to writing will for Hezekiah Thomas 1.
"Sam'l Stirk to John Brooke, Dr.
1808 £. s. d.

Novern'r 28 & 29, to surveying road on the line
dividing Easttown and Radnor Townships, 3. o. o."

The compass and chain with which these surveys were made
are in the possession of the surveyor's grandson. The compass
bears the maker's name, David Rittenhouse.

'Cotton gins, or parts of them, were at one time made at the forge. The
writer has heard his father speak of one occasion within his recollection when the
mill was kept running night and day to complete a gin in time to ship it on a ves-
sel that was to sail from Philadelphia on a given date for Charleston.

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Samuel Brooke appears to have abjured the creed of his an-
cestors, who were Quakers. An entry by him on the margin of a
leaf in his Bible states that he "was born April the 15 day, 1717,
and Baptised March the Second 1739, and became a member of the
Church of England." The Bible referred to is a folio, printed in
1715; where, it is not stated. One of the entries reads: "I
Samuel Brooke bought this Bible in Philadelphia November the 17
Day 1747. The price of it was four pounds and ten shillings, but
because it was the last the shop keeper had I had it for four pound."

The following entry appears in this Bible. The given name

is, unfortunately, illegible : " Howell, A Soldier in Colonel

Morgan's Riffle, born , and was buried May 18, 1778, In

Radnor Churchyard, by his son, Vincent Howell."

Samuel Brooke was born April 15, 1717, probably at Limerick,
Pa., and died at Radnor, January 18, 1797. He married Mar-
garet Davis April 10th, 1739. She was the daughter, or possibly
the granddaughter, of William Davis, at whose house services were
held by Rev. Evan Evans, from 1 700 to 1 704. There also the pre-
liminary services were held on the day on which the corner-stone
of the present church edifice was laid, the procession marching
thence to the site of the church.

Samuel had four sons: David, born June 17th, 1742; died
May 2d, 181 1.

John, born June 2d, 1749 ; died October 21st, 1828.

Samuel, born June 25th, 1752 ; date of death not known.

Jesse, born January 25, 1760 ; date of death not known. He
was born " in the new stile, all the rest were born in the old stile."

John Brooke inherited the Radnor property and lived on it
until his death, when it passed to his son Jesse. Later it was pur-
chased by Benjamin, the son of Jesse, and remained in his posses-
sion until 1 89 1. John had two sons and two daughters: Jesse,
born October 4th, 1793; died August 14th, 1868. Benjamin, born
December 7th, 1795; died (without issue) September 2d, 181 7.
Margaret, born June 7th, 1799; died September 14, 1841. She be-
came the wife of Adam Siter. Rebecca, born December 17th,
1806; died November, 1841.1

Samuel, his son John, and the deceased descendants of the
latter in direct line, five generations in all, are buried in the church-
yard at old St. Davids.

David probably remained in Plymouth, as it is recorded that
he "was buried in Friends' burying-ground in Plymouth."

Samuel, son of Samuel, had four sons and one daughter.
John, who operated a large marble quary in Upper Merion ;

•John was contemporary with General Wayne, and knew him well. The
wife of John was a Norton, whose ancestors had lived near the Wayne estate in
County Wicklow, one of them being a member of Wayne's troop at the battle of
the Boyne.

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Charles, Elijah, well known throughout this portion of the State ;
Samuel, and Margaret.

Jesse, son of Samuel, established a flour mill on Ithan Creek,
near the Haverford line. He had ten children : Davis, Samuel,
Alexander, Jesse, John, Margaret, Mary, Eleanor, Elizabeth and
Anna.

Jesse succeeded his father at the mill, and was known as
"Miller Jesse," in contradistinction from his cousin, who was
known as " Church Jesse."

Partly from their near residence to the church, Samuel, John,
or the descendants of the latter, were prominent in the affairs of
old St. David's for nearly a century. John superintended the reroof-
ing of the church early in the present-century, and also the erection
of horse-blocks. In one of his account-books there is a charge,
dated 181 1, against "Radnor church congregation," of the cost of
thirty bushels of lime and eight dollars in cash paid a mason, " for
work at horse-blocks and chimney tops." The building of the old
parsonage, in 1844, was supervised by Jesse. The writer has a dis-
tinct recollection of seeing him, Benjamin Brooke, the son of
Nathan, and the Rev. Wilie Peck, rector of the church, busily en-
gaged in staking out the foundation lines for the house, and at the
same time having a lively discussion on the merits of mesmerism,
then a prominent fad.

Note. — The author is indebted to Dr. Brooke, U. S. N., for the above data.
Dr. Brooke resides at Radnor, near the home of his ancestors.

Miles, Evans, Brooke.

" James Miles, daughter of Samuel & wife (Margaret James),
was the first white child born in Radnor. She was born on the
land now owned by Mary Lewis (widow), where the present house
stands, but not in it, on the 21st day of Eighth-month, 1687 ; mar-
ried Thomas Thomas, of Radnor; died 27th Eighth-month, 1770.
Entered at Radnor on the 28th day of the month ; lived in matri-
monial covenant with Thomas Thomas 62 years & 3 months.
She was known of a Sunday morning to walk a half mile to milk
her cows, return, get breakfast for the family, after which she
would walk to Philadelphia to Friends' Quarterly Meeting and re-
turn home the same day. Her daughter, wife of Nathan Lewis,
lived on the property late Eli Lewis's, at this time James Miles
lived at the old mansion where the large Holly Tree stands, now
Levi Lewis's mill (grist mill, since Tryon Lewis's). She would
milk her cows at 5 o'clock of an evening, walk a distance of three
miles, always limiting the time to one hour to go on a visit and the
same to return. The late Eli Lewis was her grandson. Her visits
to her daughter, Margaret Lewis, were as far back as 1731, and
known to us as late as 1753.

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362 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

"This daughter, and the only one, visited Great Britain twice
as a public Friend. During one of her visits to a friend in the City
of London, was taken into a room to see a sight, which proved to
be an ear of Indian corn, when she informed her friends that there
was much of it grown in Pennsylvania. Inquiry was made how it
was used, when she informed them that the grain ground into fine
meal, sifted through a sieve and well boiled, was eaten with milk.
Nothing but a trial would satisfy, and Margaret had her son Levi
Lewis, who was then miller at his grandfather's, Thomas Thomas,
mills (and since known as Levi Lewis's mill), to prepare and send
a bag of meal to London friends. How it was cooked and relished
the present writer does not recollect any tradition thereof; this took
place about 1 735. The Holley tree spoken of was found about one
mile in a northeasterly course from where it stands on ground Gen-
eral Washington's picket garde occupied during the winter of
1777-8."

James & Ruth Miles were children of Samuel & Margaret
Miles, who came from Wales in 1682, with William Penn.

James Miles was borne on the 21st of 8th mo., 1687.

Ruth Miles (wife of Owen Evans and mother of Amos Evans)
was born on the 28th of 1st month, 1693.

Amos Evans (who married Elizabeth Lewis) was born in 4th
month, 1721.

Samuel Miles, the Emigrant, Samuel Miles, of the Parish of
Hamhanghobyeholgen in the County of Radnor, Old Wales,
Great Britain, married his wife, Margaret James, at the Parish of
New Church, in the house of Ann Thomas, on the 25th of 4th
month, 1682.

Arrived in Pennsylvania Eight-mo., 1682. (October.)

Form of Samuel Miles' marriage :

The meeting being ready to depart the said Samuel Miles and
Margaret James stood up. Samuel spoke these words (in the Welsh
tongue): friends and people who or may witness this thing, that is
I take Margaret James (taking her by the right hand) to wife in the
fear of God before you all, to love her and to comfort her and to
live together in what condition soever always God to bring us into
as it behoveth a Christian.

And her the said Margaret James in like manner said these
words (in the Welsh tongue) ; likewise friends I take this said
Samuel Miles (taking him by the right hand) to be my (here the
words differed) husband, to love and obey him as long as it pleases
God, giving life and living on this world.

Owen Evans, son of Amos & Elizabeth. Evans was born on
the 18th of 4th mo., 1746.

Mary Evans was born on the 5th of 10-mo., 1747.

Ruth Evans was born on 28th of 10-mo., 1749.

Brooke and Morgan Families. 363

Ann Evans was born the 2d of 2d mo., 1752; married Dr.
Davis, of

Lydia Evans was born 23d of 10-mo., 1754.

Rebecca Evans was born 4th of the 6-mo., 1757.

Hannah Evans was born on the 29th 8-mo., 1759. She mar-
ried George Brooke, of Limerick, and was my grandmother, they
being the parents of Owen Brooke, of Radnor, my father, and it is
from her we inherit our Welsh blood. Her sister Roselinda, mar-
ried a Willing.

H. E. Brooke.

THE MERION MEETING.

Few Colonial churches in Pennsylvania are of such im-
portance as the Merion Meeting-House of Friends. It is
claimed, indeed, that so far as the antiquity of the edifice is con-
cerned no place of worship of any other denomination in this
state dates back to such a remote period. The mere precise
age of the walls, however, although of passing interest to the
local historian, does not compare in real historic value to the
study of the influence which the builders of this meeting ex-
erted, and through their numerous descendants have since
commanded, in the Judiciary, Legislature, medical science,
literature and industrial achievements of this Commonwealth.
All of the famous cathedrals of Europe, Reims, St. Denys,
the Pantheon, the Valhalla of Germany, Santa Croce in Flor-
ence, and the English Abbey of Westminster, are crowded
with monuments to the illustrious dead, each stacked with tro-
phies, armorial bearings, and all that grotesque imagination
has given to art. Yet all such splendor and boast of heraldry,
by very reason of its sumptuous ostentation, often alienates our
reverence for the persons thus distinguished. It is not so easy,
in any of those majestic churches, to lift the veil which sepa-
rates us from the past, as it is, whilst standing upon the burial
plot of the Merion Meeting, to bring ourselves face to face with
the lives of the founders whose bones lie mouldering beneath
the leveled turf, in unmarked and unremembered graves.

It would, perhaps, be well, before recording the early
story of this place, to consider what manner of men were these
who rest here forgotten, but in peace and honor. They were,
as you know, the first settlers of all this fine country, the planters
of the Great Welsh Barony, the founders of Merion, and of the
townships of Haverford and Radnor. They were members of
the only organized bodies of colonists on Pennsylvania soil
that, without any exception, sprang from gentle blood. They

The Merion Meeting. 365

came hither to seek, in the primeval forest, that freedom to
worship God which a weak government and fanatical public
had denied them at home. They were conscientious and con-
sistent enemies of strife and oppression, humble disciples, ac-
cording to the inner light, of the ancient Christians, followers
of the truth. These were the men who builded here, under
the shadow of the vasty oaks, after the manner of their ances-
tral Druid priests, this monument to Religious Liberty. Think
for a moment how bitter, at first, must have been the struggle
in the innermost hearts of these Cymric Quakers against the
inherent instincts of the fierce and war-like race from whence
they sprang.

They were descended from a people to whom battle and
murder and sudden death had always been familiar, and even
common place. Not a few of their forefathers had been fam-
ous soldiers — men, before whose pitiless lance the foeman
went down at the waft of death, as drift-wood is whirled be-
fore the floods of spring. Yet here, in their Meeting, the early
Welsh settlers taught their children the arts of peace, and, un-
conquered by the old warlike traits, lived and died in love with
all men and beloved by them.

It is, however, true that in after years, when the Revo-
lution rolled to the confines of Merion Township, the martial
spirit of the ancient Britons stirred the soul of their Quaker
descendants, and the trumpet's peal called out the Cymry
once more to the squares of battle, for " where Freedom's aid's
invoked there will the Briton die." How these sons of Mer-
ion and adjoining townships distinguished themselves in the
war of Independence is a matter of history, but it is certain
that no descendant of the founders is now a member of the
old meeting.

That a building, presumably of logs, existed upon the
site of the present edifice so early as 1683 cannot for a moment
be doubted, nor does the writer find anything to disprove that
the first stone building was erected in 1695, as currently be-
lieved. So far as Friends' Records are concerned the items
bearing upon the subject are few and far from satisfactory.

366 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

At the recent Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Merion
Meeting, Mary J. Walker narrated in a concise manner all
that she could gather from papers in the possession of Friends
regarding the building of the meeting-house. So far as the
archives of the Society go, the writer has found little of addi-
tional interest or historic value bearing upon the point in ques-
tion. After referring to the early history of the township, Miss
Walker said :

" From the minutes kept by women Friends, we have
' eight shillings paid for cleaning Merion meeting-house 12th
of Twelfth-month, 1695,' and for several successive years there
is a similar entry.

" While it is true that the Monthly Meeting minutes say
certain favors were granted in 1713, for finishing Merion Meet-
ing-house, it is also true that as early as 1702 the minutes of
the Preparative Meeting tell of finishing and furnishing Mer-
ion meeting-house, of providing hinges, locks, shutters, and
benches (they seem desirous to ' secure' the meeting-house),
and in 1703 Friends are requested to pay their subscription
towards building the addition to the meeting-house. ' On the
19th day of Third-month, vulgarly called May, in the year
1693, in a solemn and public assembly, in their (Friends')
public meeting-place at Merion,' was solemnized a marriage.
May not this ' public meeting-place' have been the temporary
log structure, and the present building been commenced in
1695, as the ancient stone in the gable testifies, and finally
completed in 171 3? That the most of the present building
was erected in 17 13 is evident from a paper recently found
containing the names of subscribers and the amount con-
tributed in that year, for building the meeting-house."

In addition to this it may be added that, according to
family records, a marriage was performed in Merion Meeting-
House 20th of 1st month, 1684. From the above data we
gather that there certainly was a meeting-house of logs here
so early as 1683, so that the only question to be decided is,
when was the stone building erected ? The tablet set into
the northwest gable, but formerly facing the road now known

The Merion Meeting. 367

as Montgomery Avenue, bears the date "i6pj." Let us see
how far actual facts will bear out the statement of this ancient
stone.

First, as to the location of the meeting-house, we have a
record of the selection of this site for a burial place for Friends,
upon report of a committee, soon after April, 1684. This place,
was chosen, probably, because several of the earlier settlers, as
well as some members of the family of Edward Rees (alias
Prees or Price) were already interred at or near this spot. The
convenient location was also, doubtless, an element in the con-
sideration of this lot.

It was, indeed, easily reached from various parts of the
township, and from Haverford and Radnor.

The old Gulph Road, leading from Philadelphia to the
Gulph Mills at Upper Merion, passed by here at a very early
date after the first settlement, and could be reached by bridle-
paths, then existing, from the principal highways of the adjoin-
ing townships. The Welsh were careful, as we have observed
elsewhere, to build good roads immediately after their arrival,
and the " Towns" of Haverford and Radnor were to be reached
from Philadelphia by " Haverford Street," projected in 1683,
and " Radnor Street," surveyed in the same year. The Haver-
ford and Darby road was laid out on 7th of 12th month, 1687,
and the Radnor and Chester road, 20th of 2nd month, 1691.
The old Haverford road leading to John Bevan's plantation,
Henry Lewis's, Ralph Lewis's, and others, was established 1 2th
October, 1704.

An early road leading toward Merion from Radnor, was
that surveyed in 1694.

The information concerning the highways of Merion is
not so exact, but there can be no doubt that the first road, on
the bed of the " Old Gulph," was made in 1683.

Entering Merion from Blockley below the Merion Line,
this old way extended towards what is now called Libertyville,
thence past the plantation of Robert Owen, now the estate of
the late Colonel Jones, it wound through Mill Creek, past
Wayn Mills, belonging to John Roberts, the miller, and

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Merion in the Welsh Tract.

thence north and west by a ford over Mill Creek to the present
Pyle's Mill, thence through " Harriton," then Bryn Mawr,
Rowland Ellis' plantation, passing near the residences of Rob-
ert and Thomas Lloyd, to the Gulph.

What we are accustomed to call Montgomery Avenue or
Lancaster Road, extending from High Street, Philadelphia, to
Lancaster, was formerly known as the old Conestoga Road,
but was not confirmed until 172 1, and then only to Brandy-
wine. There was also, at a very early date, a road leading

almost direct from Merion Meeting to Haverford Meeting-
House. In 1785 a road was petitioned for, and allowed from
Levering's Ford, on the Schuylkill, to the Conestoga Road,
with which it connected at the corner of the meeting-house
lot. It is said that Haverford Township was in very early
days reached from the settlement near Pencoyd by a bridle-
path along the line of the Liberty Lands, north of Blockley, on
the site of the present City Avenue.

This, doubtless, intersected the Gulph road, and is said to
have been originally an Indian trail; but it seems more plausi-

The Merion Meeting. 369

ble that it was the old Swede path, leading from the Delaware
settlements to those on the Schuylkill, and may even have
been one of the roads erected by the agents of the Dutch
West India Company at a very early period.

Although some of these roads were not confirmed until
late years, yet they all existed at the time of the first settle-
ment as rights of way by mutual consent, and came, by con-
tinual use, to be public highways.

We mention these facts in order to show how central and
convenient for a Colonial place of worship was the site selected
for the Merion Meeting-House.

It is the opinion of the writer that a shelter of rough logs
was immediately erected during the Fall of 1683, and proba-
bly prior to Penn's arrival, and continued to serve as a place
of worship until the year 1695.

There had then, indeed, been many changes in old Merion-
eth Township since the day that Dr. Edward Jones landed his
company of Quaker Adventurers. Men of standing in their
native country had joined the settlement, and their wealth and
influence already began to be noticeable. One of these later
colonists was Robert Owen, of Fron Goch, who arrived in 1690
with his wife and family. This man was a minister of recog-
nized ability in Wales, and not only of considerable reputation
amongst the Quakers, but also well known to other denomi-
nations, by whom, for his integrity and ability, he was much
loved and esteemed. Upon his arrival in the Barony he was
hailed as a leader in every enterprise undertaken by his coun-
trymen, and is called one of their " chiefs" in documents of
that day.

Note. — " The following account concerning him was furnished by an aDcient
worthy Friend, now (17 1 6) living, viz. : Eleanor Evans, daughter of Rowland
Ellis and widow of John Evans, of Gwynedd."

" Robert Owen was born near a town called Bala, in Merionethshire, North
Wales. He was a man of good natural abilities, and had something so mild,
humane and engaging in his temper and disposition that he was beloved and
esteemed by all who knew him.

" The first effectual reach he had from God, as he related himself, was on this
occasion. His father, whom he dearly loved, being sick, nigh unto death, he
often implored God for his recovery ; but his father died, and he, taking a walk
into the fields to vent his grief, began to query with himself why his prayers were

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370 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

It is certainly to this man, preeminently, that we owe the
present Merion Meeting. By his untiring energy and self-
sacrifice the spot became a stronghold of Quakerism in Penn-
sylvania and the principal place of worship in the Welsh Tract
at that time ; a position which it continued to occupy for many
years.

In 1695 Robert Owen decided to erect a new and com-
modious dwelling for his family in place of the temporary
shelter which, until this year, had served as his residence. The
erection of a stone house in those days was a momentous event.
Masons and carpenters had to be brought from the city and
lodged with the family until the work was completed. Quar-
ries must be opened, and lime hauled from the kilns then in
operation further up the Schuylkill ; timbers had to be shaped
from the giant trees of the forest, and nails and bolts forged at
the nearest smith's shop. The stone which Robert Owen used
for his dwelling, in 1695, was quarried on his own plantation
from a peculiar vein of sandstone which, extending through
Merion from the southeast to the northwest, cropped out there.
The walls of the oldest part of the Merion Meeting-House,
namely the northwest end, are of this stone, and, so far as can
be ascertained, under the present modern rough-cast on the
outside, the original plaster used is of the same composition
as that in the Owen house. The manner of laying the walls
and the general workmanship of the oldest part appear to be
identical. We should, therefore, conclude that the work was
done at the same time as Robert Owen's home, whilst the
mechanics were in the neighborhood, and that the other parts
were added as the meeting increased in wealth.

not heard, his earnest request for his father's life not answered. It presently oc-
curred to him that God heareth not sinners.

" On that he instantly turned his face the way his back was, crying out in the
anguish of his soul, ' So I turn, I turn to thee, O God.' A happy turn it proved
to him, for some time after he came among Friends, and the testimonies God gave
him to lean to his name, dropped as the rain, and distilled as the dew.

" He came with his wife and family to Pennsylvania about the year 1690, and
lived there several years, where it was well known his services to the church and
his country were of consideration. He lived, died and was buried in Merion."

The above from the Lives of Ministers of the Gospel Among the People
called Quakers, Vol. II, MS., in Library of Haverford College, now deposited in
the Friends' Library, Philadelphia.

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The first transfer of land recorded, was, it will be re-
membered, in 1695, 20th of 6th month, from Edward Rees, for
one-half acre of land, the consideration being a few shillings.
This conveyance was an actual deed, and passed the title to
the land, for the uses of the Merion Meeting, and was not a
lease, as stated by several writers.

The trustees at that time were Robert Owen, Edward
Jones, Cadwalader Morgan and Thomas Jones. Other prop-
erty was added to the meeting by gift of Joseph Tunis, in 1763,
and in 1801 and also in 1804 by John Dickinson. Of late
years Joseph and John George and very recently Edward
Price, have left liberal bequests for the maintenance of the
meeting.

Haverford Meeting-House, says Smith, was built between
1688 and 1700, the deed for the property being executed 7-1-
1693.

Radnor Meeting-House (meaning the present structure)
was probably not built until 1717, but a log edifice stood here
until that date. There is much confusion regarding the exact
relations which these three meetings bore to each other in the
first instance. As, however, this is a question of more interest
to those directly connected with the Society than to others, it
will suffice here to explain that for a long time they were prac-
tically one and the same meeting, although they separately
controlled in turn the Yearly, Monthly and Preparative Meet-
ings of Friends. The records of these meetings, for a number
of years, were not entirely separated, a fact that frequently
leads to confusion.

In these old books the certificates brought from Wales by
the first Cymric settlers were duly recorded. They form a roll
to which too much importance cannot be attached, for it is from
these settlers that one of the best elements of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania has sprung. We have given several
of these letters in the pages of this work, but to illustrate the
character of the founders of the Merion Meeting we give the
following abstract from a certificate given to Joshua Owen,1 of

'He was son to Owen Humphrey, of Llwyndu, descended from Ednowain ap
Bradwn, and from Edward III., King of England.

372 Mcrion in the Welsh Tract.

Llwyndu, in the parish of Llangylnin, in the County of Mer-
ioneth, Batchelor. Of him it says : " He is born of an honest
Parentage who were careful in his Education from his Child-
hood & his Conversation among us was accordingly Civil;
Peaceable and Industrous in his calling, and his parting is with
relations' Consent and orderly in all respects."

This is signed by eleven Friends of Tyddyn y Garreg
Meeting, 1783, 27th of 5th month.

What emigrant to a new country could have a better tes-
timonial than this, and where, except in Pennsylvania, can it
be equalled ?

A public or circulating library was established by the three
sister meetings at a very early period. We know, certainly,
that it was in operation probably before 1697. About this time
it is noted that " Friends think it meet that Friends' books be-
longing to the Weekly Meeting of Radnor, Haverford and
Merion be brought once a week." Soon after this, in 1700, a
purchase of twenty-five books is noted. They were divided
equally amongst the Meetings. Among these were : Caleb
Pusey's Answer to Daniel Leeds, Joseph Wyeth's Remarks on
Dr. Brays, Wm. Shewrn's Epistles, The Christianity of ye
Quakers Assured, and many other light and cheerful works
of the same character. Doubtless they afforded much food
for thought at that time, but might be considered a trifle dry
in this generation.

When anyone within the Welsh Tract misbehaved them-
selves very scandalously, and failed of reformation by means
of soft counsel or the perusal of the aforesaid works, they had a
pleasant practice of nailing up an accusation against him upon
the door of the meeting-house, but this could not be lawfully
done " before he was dealt with according to Gospel order,"
for we read that upon the 9th of the 2-month, at Haverford :

" David Powell's paper of accusation agt. certain P'sons,
being posted upon ye meeting house before ye Said P'sons
were dealt with according to Gospel order, David Lawrence,
John Roberts and Rees Thomas are ordered to deal with him
for this his ungospel like proceeding."

77*1? Merion Meeting. 373

There is but little doubt but they dealt very severely with
him, for we find that shortly after, " David Powell doth ac-
knowledge his fault."

Nor were those Quakers who resided upon plantations at
distant corners of the Barony permitted to evade their duty, or
lust after vain things whilst at their far-off homes, for certain
persons were appointed to " visit Friends' families once a
Quarter to see that things be in good order answerable to our
profession." This was in 1696. The records of the meetings
were carefully looked after, and " David Maurice is ordered to
make a cupboard or chest," for to keep Friends' books for
the use and service of this meeting (i. e. Haverford). After
awhile additional reading matter was called for and John Jar-
mon for Radnor, William Howell for Haverford, and John
Roberts for Merion, " are ordered to receive Friends' sub-
scriptions toward buying books."

John Humphrey, in his will, had left the sum of ^10 to-
wards printing a Welsh book, which he had written, " if con-
venience be had for the same in these American parts." In
1702 this money was still unexpended and held by the
Quarterly Meeting, and David Lewis and Daniel Humphrey
wanting " money to furnish their Haverford Meeting, ask for
£\o left by John Humphrey," for that purpose.

There are many other things of interest connected with
the three meeting-houses which might be related here did
space permit.

Hugh Roberts, prior to his death, presented a very hand-
some sun-dial to Merion Meeting, which stood on a post in
front of the house until the Revolutionary War, when it was
confiscated on account of the lead which it contained. It
seems rather odd when we reflect, that this kindly gift of
peaceful old Hugh Roberts probably ultimately caused the
death of many a British trooper.

The old wall around the Merion Meeting ground was
built with the bequest of Edward Rees (Price), whilst John
Roberts and numbers of other Merion Friends left generous
sums to the meeting.

374 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

The importance of the influence which the Merion Meet-
ing exerted upon Colonial generations can not well be overesti-
mated when we consider those who descended from the found-
ers. And of these descendants I need barely mention to you
the names of John Dickinson, Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, John
and Lambert Cadwalader, Clement and Owen Biddle, Edward
Roberts, Robert Wharton, Joshua Humphreys and Dr. Lloyd
Zachary, to illustrate this point.

During the Revolution, as we have observed, many left
the ranks of Friends and joined the Continental army, and after
these were expelled it came to pass that in course of time few
or none of the descendants of the Cymric Friends were mem-
bers of this meeting.

In 1829-30 the meeting-house was "repaired." The
rough stone work was covered by a thick coat of plaster or
rough-cast, destroying, in a great measure, the antique appear-
ance of the building. A picture of the meeting, as it appeared
in 1829, before the "improvements" were finished, is given in
the text of this article.

ROBERT AND THOMAS LLOYD, OF BRYN
MAWR.1

Robert Lloyd, the owner, in Colonial days, of an ex-
tensive plantation to the northward of Rowland Ellis, and of
the present Bryn Mawr, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683. He
was born in Merionethshire, probably in one of the Western

Parishes about 1669. He spent his
C\g0iir£ M^ScT) vouth m Merion, residing for some
^V^ time at the house of Robert Owen,
probably from 1691 to 1697.

By deed, 5 September, 1698, he purchased from William
Howell, Edward Jones, John Roberts, Griffith Owen and
Daniel Humphrey, 409 acres of land in the location mentioned.
This tract had formerly been the property of Thomas Ellis.
[Deed Book E 4, Vol. 7, p. 20, etc., Philadelphia.] This tract
was confirmed to Robert Lloyd, 12-month 6, 1707-8, by Wil-
liam Howell et al., Robert Lloyd and Lowry, his wife, by
deed dated 10 February, 1709, conveyed 154^ acres of this
plantation to Thomas Lloyd (Deed Book F 8, page 40, etc.,
Philadelphia.)

Robert Lloyd was doubtless related to several of the
Merion settlers. He was one of the overseers to the will of
Robert Owen, dated 1697, and was a very prominent man in
township affairs. His will is dated 1714 (Will Book D, p. 112,
etc., Philadelphia). He died 3-mo. 29, 1714, at Merion.

Robert Lloyd married Lowry Jones at Merion Meeting
8-mo. nth, 1698. Their youngest son,2 Richard Lloyd, was
born 1st mo. 15th, 1713-14, at Merion; died 8-mo. 9th, 1755,
at Darby, Pa.; married 9-mo. 24th, 1736, at Darby Meeting,
Hannah Sellers, born 12-mo. 10th, 1717, at Darby; died there

'I am indebted to Howard Williams Lloyd, Esq., for data concerning these
settlers.

"For other lines and issue see page 81.

376 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

4-mo. 1 2th, 1810, as the widow of Lewis Davis and daughter
of Samuel Sellers and Sarah (Smith) Sellers. Richard and
Hannah Lloyd had issue : Isaac and Hugh.

Hugh Lloyd was born nth' mo. 22d, 1741-2, in Merion ;
died 3-mo. 20th, 1832, in Kensington, Philadelphia County;

married 6-mo. 4th, 1767, at
"^^*«^»-^ ^2»-»5^ Darby Meeting, Susanna Pear-
son, born 7th mo. 22d, 1746,
in Darby; died there 4th mo. 17th, 1825, daughter of Thomas
Pearson and Hannah (Blunston) Pearson.

Hugh Lloyd was one of the representatives from Chester
County to the several Conferences or Conventions held at
Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, prior to the Declaration of In-
dependence, a Colonel of the Third Battalion, Chester County
Militia ; in the year 1776, a Presidential Elector, and cast his
ballot for George Washington for the latter's second term as
President of the United States. In 1792 he was appointed one
of the Associate Judges of Delaware County, and filled that
position until December 31, 1825, when he resigned.

Charles Lloyd, a son of Hugh and Susanna Lloyd, born
6-mo. 20th, 1776, at Crum Creek, Delaware County, died
1 -mo. 26th, i860, at Paschallville, Philadelphia; married 3-mo.
8th, 1798, at Darby Meeting, Frances Paschall, born 2-mo.
24th, 1 77 1, at Kingsessing, Philadelphia; died 8-mo. 27th,
1857, at Paschallville, daughter of Dr. Henry Paschall and
Ann (P. Garrett) Paschall. Among other issue of Charles
and Frances Lloyd was Henry Paschall Lloyd, born 2-mo.
1 2th, 1805 ; died 6-mo. 6, 1886, married 2-mo. 2nd, 1843, in
Philadelphia, Annabella Williams, daughter of Howard Wil-
liams, and Ann (Heacock) Williams, and had Howard Wil-
liams Lloyd.

Richard Lloyd, fourth son and youngest child of Robert and
Lowry Lloyd, was born 1st mo. 15th, 1713-14, and died 8th mo.
9th, 1755. He married 9th mo. 24th, 1736, at Darby Meeting,
Hannah Sellers, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Smith Sellers. They
had children as follows :

I. Samuel, died in infancy.

II. Isaac, married Ann Gibbons, left issue :

Robert and Thomas Lloyd. 377

III. Hugh, born nth mo. 22nd, 1741-2; died 3d mo. 20th,
1832. He married 6th mo. 4th, 1767, at Darby Meeting, Susanna
Pearson, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Blunston Pearson.

III. Hugh and Susanna Lloyd had :

1. Thomas, born 6th mo. 24th, 1768; died 12th mo. nth,
1 81 4. He married Mary Wood and left issue.

2. David, died in infancy.

3. Samuel, died in infancy.

4. Richard Pearson, born nth mo. 8th, 1773; died 8th mo.
21st, 1814; married Edith Lane, and left issue.

5. Charles (see below).

6. Hannah, born 2nd mo. 15th, 1779; died 8th mo. 7th,
1868 ; married John Coats Browne, and left issue.

7. Samuel, born 9th mo. 22nd, 1781 ; died 9th mo. 3rd,
1806, unmarried.

8. Robert, born 9th mo. 30th, 1784; died 2nd mo. 4th,
1875 ; married Ann Browne, and left issue.

9. Hugh Pearson, born 5th mo. 29th, 1788 ; died

1876 j married Mary Warner and Sidney Steel, and left issue
by 2nd wife.

5. Charles Lloyd, son of Hugh and Susanna, born 6th mo.
20th, 1776; died 1st mo. 26th, i860; married 3d mo. 8th, 1798,
at Darby Meeting, Frances Paschall, daughter of Dr. Henry and
Ann Garrett Paschall, of Kingsessing. Issue :

Paschall, born 1st mo. 15th, 1799 ; died 8th mo. 17th, 1884 ;
married Henrietta J. Fitch and Massey Serrill, and left issue.

Charles Washington, died unmarried.

Hannah, born 1st mo. 25th, 1802; died 6th mo. 20th, 1868;
married James Andrews, and left issue.

Frances, born 2d mo. 5th, 1803 ; died 1st mo. 24th, 1871 ;
married William Davis Jones, and left issue.

Henry Paschall, born 2d mo. 12th, 1805 ; died 6th mo. 6th,
1886; married Annabella Williams, they had :

Ann W., died unmarried.

Howard W.

Charles H., died in infancy.

Martha Hughes, died in infancy.

Susanna, died unmarried.

Charles, born 10th mo. 2nd, 181 1 ; died nth mo. 30th, 1888;
married Mary Humphreys Oakford, and left issue.

Franklin, born 5th mo. 27th, 1814; died 8th mo. nth, 1884;
married Hannah Heacock, and left issue.

Note. — Robert Lloyd, son of Robert and Lowry, married Catherine Hum-
phrey, and had Margaret Lloyd, who married Seymour Hart, and had Rebecca
Hart, who married Stephen Simmons and had Elizabeth G. Simmons, who mar-
ried Joseph Price, and had : Stephen Simmons Price, Ann C, Rebecca S., and
Thomas C.

w. T. — 48.

378 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Thomas Lloyd was a brother of Robert Lloyd, of Mer-
ion, and probably younger. The exact year of his birth is not
known. His name does not appear in the " First Tax List
for Philadelphia County, 26th day of September, 1693," but
on 3rd mo. 5th, 1696, at the marriage of Robert Roberts and
Katherine Jones, at Haverford Meeting, he signs as a witness
immediately after his brother Robert.- He doubtless arrived
in Pennsylvania in the early part of the latter year (1696). He
married about 1698, Elizabeth, daughter of William ap Ed-
ward.1 This ceremony was probably performed by a Justice
of the Peace, which was occasionally the case among the early
Friends. The event would not, therefore, be recorded in the
Meeting Books. Under date of 6th mo. 8th, 1 700, in Merion
Meeting Minutes, is the following : " Thomas Lloyd and wife
Elizabeth make acknowledgement for marrying out" [i. e.,
outside the good and usual order of the Monthly Meeting].
As has been previously stated, Thomas Lloyd purchased from
his brother, Robert, one hundred and fifty-four and one-half
acres of land. The date of the conveyance" is 10th of Feb-
ruary, 1709, the consideration being "fforty pounds of lawful
money of Pennsylvania," and the location of the land as follows :
It was in the Township of Merion, north of Bryn Mawr, and
was bounded by land belonging to David Llewellyn, Robert
Lloyd, Rowland Ellis, John Williams, and Morris Llewellyn.
Thomas Lloyd lived the life of a yeoman farmer, cultivating
his plantation and raising his family. Part of the land adjoin-
ing, belonging to Rowland Ellis, was sold to Richard Har-
rison. In 1737 a complaint was made to the Monthly Meet-
ing that Thomas Lloyd and wife were interfering with Rich-
ard Harrison's slaves. A committee was appointed to investi-
gate the matter.

On 8-mo. 13th, at a Monthly Meeting held at Haverford,
they made the following report : " The Friends appointed to
hear the complaint of Richard Harrison against Thomas Lloyd,
reports in writing under their hands that the said Richard had

'For an account of William ap Edward see p.
'Philadelphia Deed Book F 8, p. 140, etc.

Robert and Thomas Lloyd. 379

just cause of complaint. Also that there was a paper brought
to this meeting signed by Thomas Lloyd and his wife, ac-
knowledging that they were heartily sorry that they had given
the said Richard and wife just cause to be offended in that
they had anything to do with their negroes and that they had
acted very unadvisedly and foolishly and promised to avoid
anything of the kind for the time to come, and Richard Har-
rison being present at this meeting accepts thereof for satis-
faction."

Items of this kind taken from the Meeting Minute-Books
give an insight to the social conditions of the early settlers.
The keeping of slaves was not then looked upon as being
anything out of the way. Where disputes arose between
neighbors over supposed trespass on the part of slaves or
from other causes, the cases were very properly brought be-
fore the Monthly Meeting for settlement.

Thomas and Elizabeth Lloyd had children as follows :
Thomas Lloyd, born 7th mo. 1699; married, and removed to
and became identified with Bucks County; died prior to 1763
and left issue.

Sarah Lloyd, born 7th mo. 14, 1701 ; married, 9th mo.
8th, 172 1, at Merion Meeting, John Morgan, son of Edward, of
Gwynedd.

Jane Lloyd, born 6th mo. 1st, 1703 ; married 8th mo. 8th,
1725, at Merion Meeting, Lewis Williams, of Gwynedd. Her
second husband was named Darkins.

John Lloyd, born 10th mo. 19th, 1704; married, 10th
mo 31st, 173 1, at Merion Meeting, Eleanor Pugh, daughter of
Henry and Catherine, of Merion. His will is dated 3rd mo.
20th, 1769, proved August nth, 1770, at Philadelphia.

Elizabeth Lloyd, born 8th mo. 29th, 1706; married, 9th
mo. 8th, 1728, at Merion Meeting, Joseph Morgan, son of Ed-
ward, of Gwynedd.

William Lloyd, born 10th mo. 4th, 1708; probably died
young. He is not mentioned in either his father's or mother's
will.

380 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

Evan Lloyd, born 5th mo. 171 3; married about

1756, but not under the care of his Monthly Meeting. He, as
executor, on February 26th, 1757, enters satisfaction on a
mortgage, made by his father on the farm.

Both Thomas and Elizabeth Lloyd lived to an advanced
age. He died in 1748. In his will, dated 5th mo. 26th, 1741,
and probated at Philadelphia 6th of February, 1748, he ap-
points his wife executrix. She in her will, dated December
2nd, 1748, proved at Philadelphia February 6th, 1748-9, men-
tions the fact of " Having been left by my husband executor
and being taken sick before the execution," etc., appoints her
son, Evan Lloyd, executor. He, therefore, had the settle-
ment of both estates.

SOME NOTES ON THE WARNER FAMILY OF
BLOCKLEY.

So many of the Welsh families intermarried, in Colonial
times, with the Warners, of Blockley, that some account of
the first settlers of that name may not be out of place here.

The founder of the family was one William Warner, who
was born at Draycot in the Parish of Blockley, Worcester-
shire, being the son of John Warner, and was baptized in the
Parish Church there 8 July, 1627. The tradition is that he
had been a Captain in the Parliamentary Army, and that he
left England after 1658, There is certainly nothing improbable
in this statement, when we consider that a large numer of
men, holding commissions under Cromwell, were subsequently
forced to leave England, in order to save their estates from con-
fiscation and themselves from transportation as convicts, and
we may accept the story until evidence is produced to over-
throw it. From the late investigations of the writer it seems
apparent that William Warner settled first in New England,
or at least remained there some time. His subsequent move-
ments are somewhat uncertain, but it may be presumed that
he drifted into Pennsylvania by way of New Jersey.

He was certainly here sometime before Penn, and pur-
chased lands on the Schuylkill, direct from the Indians, and
his titles were confirmed by the Upland Court, and later by
Penn's Commissioners.

At a Court at Upland, held 3 April, 1678, he had a grant
of 100 acres of land on the west bank of the Schuylkill. On
1 June, 168 1, he made application to purchase land from the
Indians, and upon the same day he had a grant to take up
400 acres. His purchase from the Indians was probably in
common with others, for the Court required that a proportion
of the 335 guilders to be paid to the Indians, should be paid.

382 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

In 168 1 he was appointed a member of Deputy Gov.
Markham's Council. The oath of office subscribed by him,
3 August, 168 1, is extant. A fac-simile of it is to be found in
the Edition of the Duke of York's Laws, published by the
State of Pennsylvania, 1869.

William Warner was appointed one of the nine Justices,
under Markham, 13 September, 168 1. (Also sessions of 30
November, same year.)

He was a member of the first Assembly of Pennsylvania,
convened at Philadelphia 10 March, 1683. He named his
plantation, which extended from the Schuylkill River to above
the present Hestonville, or Fifty-second Street, on both sides
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Blockley, from his native place
and the township, formerly known by another name, was after-
wards so called.

William Warner's wife's name was Anne. He died upon
the plantation on the Schuylkill about October, 1706, his Will
being dated 8 September, 1703, and was proved at Philadel-
phia 18 October, 1706 [Will Book C, p. 51]. In it he men-
tions his wife and children.

One of his daughters married James Kite (see Kite
family). The eldest son, Isaac Warner, had by his father's
will the plantation on the Schuylkill, to him during life, and
after his decease to the eldest son of Isaac.

Isaac Warner (1st) married Ann Craven, 30 November,
1692, and died in April, 1727. His will is dated 6 April,
1727, and was proved in Philadelphia 26 April, same year
(Will Book E, p. 42, etc.). The eldest son of Isaac and Ann
Warner was William Warner, who lived upon the plantation
in Blockley, and died about the month of September, 1766.
His will, dated 19 April, 1762, was proved at Philadelphia, 13
September, 1766 (Will Book O, p. 25, etc.).

This William Warner was the " Baron," and one of the
founders of the " State on Schuylkill," in 1732. The Colonial
Hall of the Schuylkill Fishing Company was built upon his
property. The eldest son of William Warner was Isaac War-
ner, first Lieutenant-Colonel and then Colonel of the Seventh

Some Notes on the Warner Faviily. 383

Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia, during the Revolution.

This Isaac married, circa 1757, Lydia Coulton, and died
in November, 1794. His will, dated 9 July, 1794, was proved
at Philadelphia 29 November, 1794 (Will Book D, p. 154, etc.).

His daughter, Lydia, married Algernon Roberts, of Mer-
ion (see Roberts family). His son, Joseph C. Warner, born
15 November, 1767; married, 16 April, 1795, Sarah Powell,
and died 20 January, 1803, intestate. This Joseph C. Warner
had by Sarah, his wife, a daughter, Rebecca Ashton Warner,
born 14 September, 1800; married, 26 June, 1823, Henry
Erwin, and died 7 August, 1881. Her will is dated 15 June,
1881, proved at Philadelphia. Her son, Joseph Warner Erwin,
born 12 September, 1824; married, 23 July, 1850, Caroline
A. Borden, and died 27 October, 1890, leaving issue (inter
alia), a daughter, Ida Warner, who married Joseph I. Doran,
of Philadelphia, and had issue. There are very many families
bearing the name of Warner who are descended from the first
William Warner. Amongst these may be mentioned J. Ander-
son Warner, of Ardmore, and the Warners of Haverford and
Rosemont. It may be mentioned that a nephew of the original
William Warner died in Philadelphia, and that one Edward
Warner, probably a kinsman, died in Wilmington.

APPENDIX.

OWEN, OF DOLSEREY.

Robert Owen, of Dolserey, and Jane, his wife, the latter a daughter of Robert
Vaughan, Esq., of Hengwrt, the celebrated Antiquary and Genealogist, came to
Pennsylvania on the ship " Vine," Captain Preeson, Master, from Liverpool, which
arrived in Philadelphia, or probably Chester, in 1684. The following is abstracted
from a part of the original copy of the Register of Arrivals in the possession of the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

" William Preeson, Mr. of the Vine, of Leverpoole, arrived the lyth day of
the y-mo., 1684, at Philadelphia From Dolyserne (Dolserey) near dolgui.es (ZW-
felly in Merionethshire), Robert Owen eV Jeane his wife and Lewes their Sone."
Dr. Griffith Owen also came on this ship, and servants are mentioned.

Edward Owen, another son had previously located on Duck Creek, New
Castle County (now Delaware), and Robert and Jane appear to have removed
there at once. They were certainly living there in 1685, because Robert Owen
and Lewis Owen are witnesses to a deed of Edward Owen, of Duck Creek, to
Griffith Owen, for all of the said Edward's right to his share of the Merion pur-
chase. Robert and Jane Owen, being elderly people, died shortly after this.
Their descendants continued in New Castle and held property there. Some of
their wills are of record.

Robert and Jane Owen had nine sons. The following are known to the
writer :

1. Robert Owen, believed to have been eldest son; he inherited Dolserey,
near DOlgelly, having remained in Wales. He married (probably as 2nd wife)

Jane , and had issue who were baptised in DSlgelly Church, the records of

which event being as follows (it being noted that Robert Owen, Jr., abandoned
the Quaker Faith) :

1694. — " Humphredus filius Roberti Owen de Dolyserrey et Janae vxuris

Bapt.fuit decimo tertio Junii."
1699. — " Hugo filius Roberti Owen de Dolyserre et Janae ux. Bapt. fuit

vicesimo octavo die Decembris Scilicit Festo Innocentium"
1 701. — " Katharina filia Roberti Owen de Dolyserre et Janae ux. Bapt.fuit

1 mo. die Seplembris."
1703. — " Anna, filia Roberti Owen de Ddlyesy et Janae ux. Bapt. fuit nono

die Marti."
1705. — " Gulielmus fit Roberti Owen de Dolyerre et Janae ux. Bapt. fuit
duodecimo die Marti."

2. Griffith Owen , he appears to have studied medicine and to have practiced
at first in England. He died in Philadelphia, having married and had issue.

w. T. — 49.

386 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

3. Rowland Owen (doubtful).

4. Edward Owen, of New Castle Co.

5. Lewis Owen, of New Castle Co.

6. Humphrey Owen (doubtful).

This Robert Owen, of Dolserey, was son of Humphrey Owen, descended
from Lewis Owen, Baron of the Exchequer of North Wales, who was murdered,
1555. The Arms of this branch of the family, an extended pedigree of which is
before the writer, were : a chevron inter three cocks, quartered with the three snakes
nowed of Ednowain ap Bradwen. Many descendants of this ancient family are be-
lieved to exist in Delaware.

JOHN BEVAN AND HIS NEPHEW REES THOMAS.

In the letter written by Rees Thomas, dated " Ye 29th day of ye 2-mo.,
1695," addressed to his father-in-law William Awbrey, is the following: "My
unkle John Bevan came over very well and a good voyage he had," etc. If this
relationship was the s ame as we now understand to exist between uncle and
nephew it could have been in only one of two ways. Either by Barbara, wife o'
John Bevan, being sister to the father, or to the mother of Rees Thomas. It
could not have been thro ugh the father of the latter being a brother of John
Bevan. This needs no argument. Rees had cousins whose father used Thomas
as a fixed surname. William Thomas, John Thomas and David Thomas of
Radnor, the latter afterwards of Gwynedd, were these. (See will of David
Thomas of Gwynedd, dated 29th, 4th month, 1732, proved June Ilth, I737> a'
Philadelphia). Neither could it have been by the mother of Rees Thomas, being
sister to John Bevan. The only sister of the latter died young. There could be
no possible relationship through Martha, wife of Rees Thomas. He distinctly
writes my uncle, not our uncle. Elizabeth, the mother of Martha, was an only
child. William, the father of Martha, was of Llanelieu, Breconshire, and son of
Thomas Awbrey.

Was John Bevan married twice? First to Barbara [perhaps Thomas] of
Wenvoe. Second to Catherine, daughter of William Awbrey, of Pencoed, near
Llaniltern, Glamorganshire. H oward Williams Lloyd.

Thomas and John Wynn were therefore alive 1665 and 1670, and probably
later. Both were then thirty or thirty-five years old. This would seem to cor-
respond with Dr. Wynne and his brother's age. The result of this research is
not given with any idea of building a pedigree, but with the hope that some one
in the future may fix positively and correctly the ancestry of Dr. Thomas Wynne.

Howard Williams Lloyd.

The above note needs some little explanation. Mr. Lloyd seems to be of
the opinion that John Bevan was married twice, and that Rees Thomas was his
nephew through the Thomas family of Wenvoe. Mr. Lloyd gives his opinion,
first, upon the statement of Mr. Clark, in his Glamorganshire families, that John
Bevan, senior, of Treverigg, married Barbara, of Wenvoe, and the statement by
the same authority, in the pedigree of the Awbreys, of Pencoed, that Catherine,
daughter of William Awbrey, of that place, married John Bevan, of Treverigg.

Appendix. 387

Now, in the first place we know positively, from the will of John Bevan, that
he did marry a daughter of William Awbrey, of Pencoed, and that she did not
survive him. We also know that his children named their sons Awbrey before
the death of Barbara Bevan, and we have the statement of Rees Thomas, who
married Martha Awbrey, a kinswoman to the Awbreys of Pencoed, that his sec-
ond son was the first of the name in Pennsylvania, implying a possibility of other
Awbreys in the near future. We have also pretty trustworthy family tradition
upon the subject, coupled with the statement of a person who lived at that time,
or soon after. There is little question that Catherine is a typographical error for
Barbara. William Awbrey, of Pencoed, married a Thomas living near Wenvoe,
of a family who had assumed this surname for several generations prior to 1682,
and among them the name of Rees Thomas, was of frequent occurrence, so that it
is probable that Rees Thomas was thus related to John Bevan. The term " uncle "
in Wales means any relationship, such as first or second cousin once removed.

T. A. Glenn.

WYNNSTAY, OR WYNNESTAY, BLOCKLEY, AND WYNNSTAY,

RUABON.

It has been stated in account of Dr. Thomas Wynne, that his son Jonathan's
place in Blockley was called " Wynnstay," probably as early as 1710.

An extensive estate of that name is in Ruabon, Denbighshire, about five
miles southwest from Wrexham. As this was the neighborhood in which Dr.
Wynne lived for a time prior to his removal to Pennsylvania, the coincidence
is certainly curious and it was thought best to make an investigation. Every
Wynn will probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, from County Flint,
between 1638 and 1688 was examined. Those from Caernarvonshire, Denbigh-
shire and Anglesey partially so, while a rather hasty glance was given those at St. .
Asaph, prior to 1700. Other sources of information have also been consulted.
The result is :

Sir John Wynn, of Gwyder,1 born 1553, was created a Baronet, 161 1;
d. I March, 1626-7 ; m. Sydney, daughter of Sir William Gerard, Chancellor of
Ireland. She d. 8th June, 1632 ; buried at Llanrwst, Caernarvonshire. They had
a large family. Their sons being :

I. John, who d. before his father, m., but d. s. p. 19 July 1649.

II. Sir Richard, who m., but d. s. p.

III. Thomas, d. infant.

IV. Sir Owen, who d. 13 August, 1660, aged 68 years, leaving a son, Sir
Richard, who m. and had : Mary, who inherited Gwydir.

V. Robert, entered holy orders and d. 1617, aged 24 years.

The name of Wynnstay or Wynnestay, for it was written both ways in Penn-
sylvania and in Wales, seems simply to signify ""Wynne's field," or " the home of
the Wynnes." I believe that the literal translation of this word is " Wynne's
ditch," so called formerly from the fortifications or moats surrounding many dwell-
ings. I do not think that there was any connection between Wynnestay, in Block-

lThe descent of Sir John Wynn was : John ap Morris Wynn ap John Wynn ap
Meredith ap levan ap Robert ap Meredith ap Howell ap David ap Griffith ap
Caradoc ap Thoman ap Khodri ap Owen Gwynedd.

388 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

ley and Wynnstay fn Wales, or the families thereof. I am of the opinion that Dr.
Thomas Wynne descended from one of the very numerous families of Wynne or
Wynn, living in his time in Flintshire, and that neighborhood. It may be stated
authoritatively here that the Wynne pedi gree published some years since in the
Magazine of American History, and extensively copied, is totally erroneous and
without any foundation whatever. It was reproduced in a late publication against
my advice. T. A. Glenn.

VI. William.

VII. Maurice, purchased Crogen, county Merioneth, from Morgan Lloyd ;
he d. 1670, 1 s. p.

VIII. Ellis, who died 20th Nov. 1619, unm. buried at Whitford, county
Flint.

IX. Henry.

XI. Roger ; there were two of this name, both infants.

The 9th son, Henry Wynn, of the Inner Temple, London ; m. Catherine dau.
and h. of Ellis Lloyd, of Rhiwgoch, Merionethshire. He d. 27 July, 1671 ; bu-
ried in Temple Church, London. By her he had an only son, Sir John, the last
Baronet. This Sir John Wynn m. Jane, dau. and h. of Eyton Evans, of Watstay,
the name of which place he changed to Wynnstay. He d. s. p. 7, Jan. 1718 —
19, aged 91. He bequeathed everything that he had acquired both by inheritance
and marriage to his relative, Watkin Williams, who assumed the name of Wynn.

Sir Watkin Williams- Wynn, giving him his full name, was a son of Sir Wil-
liam Williams, of Glasgoed and Llanvorda, by Jane Thelwall. The latter was
dau. of Edward Thelwall, of Plas-y-Ward, county of Denbigh, who died 1 2 De-
cember, 1679, having m. June, 1664, Sidney Wynn, dau. William Wynn, 6th son
of Sir John Wynn, of Gwydir. William Wynn was b. about 1600 ; he m. Jane,
dau. of Thomas Lloyd, of Gwern-y-Brechtwyn, m. covenant dated March 20,
1628. He was Prothonotary of North Wales, and purchased Branas, county
Merioneth, from Humphrey Branas. At the time of his death, 24 October, 1664,
he lived at Garthg-y-nan, Llanfair, Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire. His will is
dated 21, October 14, Chas. II. (1663). He appoints his brother, Morris
Wynn, of Crogen, county Merioneth, his brother Henry Wynn of Inner Temple,
London, and John Wynn, of Watstay, county Denbigh, overseers. He bequeaths
the profits of the Prothonotary's office for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon
and Merioneth to be applied to the payment of his debts, and for the benefit of
his daughter, Sidney Wynn. He mentions his son, Richard Wynn, of Penhes-
kyn, county Anglesey, and his sons, Thomas and John. He appoints his wife,
Jane Wynn, sole executrix. Proved 25 April, 1665. (P. C. C. Hyde 35.)

The Children of z William and Jane Wynn : 1, Sidney, m. Edward Thelwall,
she was the favorite child. 2, Richard, of Penheskyn, at the time of his father's
death, was afterwards of Branas and Garthg-y-nan. He inherited these estates as
eldest son. He m. Katharine, dau. Viscount Bulkeley. They had : William,
Richard and Mary, all of whom died infants ; Sidney Thelwall became the heiress

Hn Dwnn's " Heraldic Visitations of Wales there la a pedigree of the
Wynn'g of Gwydir, and It stat ee that William Wynn was Prothonotary of North
Wales. His male descendants became extinct in the second generations."

Appendix. 389

of her brother, Richard Wynn. 3, William, 4, Mary ; both d. young. 5, Thomas ;
6, John.

In a reprint of " The History of the Gwydir Family" is the statement that
Thomas Wynn was baptised at King's Vorton, Worcestershire, 1 February, 1636.
He was living in 1665, as was John. The latter was alive 1670, for Maurice
Wynn of Crogen, in his will, 21 Sept., 1670, mentions nephews, Richard Wynn,
of Branas, son and heir of his brother William Wynn, of Garthg-y-nan and' John
Wynn.

REES THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

The children of Rees Thomas have already been given. Rees, the eldest son,
was bom 1693, of whom presently.

Awbrey, the second son, d. s. p. Herbert, the third son, d. s. p. William,
the fourth son, was born 1701. He is mentioned in his father's will, 1742, and
appears to have been a favorite child. From the Orphans' Court Docket, Phila-
delphia, it appears that he died in Lower Merion, upon his estate at Rosemont,
prior to 1787. He left issue : Jonathan, Rees, Martha, m. John Llewelyn, Lydia,
m. Peter Evans, Hannah, m. Jonathan Powell, David, Richard. By an order of
the Orphans' Court we find that of William Thomas' land, 98 acres were deeded
to John Curwin ; 73 acres to William Thomas, " a grandson," and 80 acres to
John Powell, and 19^ acres to Michael Cline, whilst Jonathan Thomas purchased
28 acres.

Rees Thomas, second son of William, son of Rees Thomas and Martha Aw-
brey, married Rebecca Brooke and had issue several children, of whom, Martha
Thomas, born 8-7-1770 ; died 6-26-1810, married John Yocum, whose
daughter married an Egbert and had Hamilton Egbert, of Lower
Merion, father of Joseph C. Egbert, M. D., of Wayne, Pa. Rees Thomas,
eldest son of Rees Thomas first, had a large family. Among the present
descendants are persons bearing the name of Perot, Lloyd, Roberts, etc. The
writer has in his possession a brief of titles to the property at Rosemont, formerly
the plantation of Rees Thomas, and an extended genealogy of this family, but
the same is too voluminous for insertion here.

ROWLAND ELLIS, OF BRYN MAWR.

A careful examination of the title to " Harriton," would appear to cast a
doubt upon the statement of Mr. Richard Vaux that the house occupied by
Charles Thomson, was built by Rowland Ellis in 1704, although 1 7 14 may have
been the date. Nor does Mr. Vaux in his article in the Pennsylvania magazine
go fully into detail regarding the conveyance to Richard Harrison.

An examination of the deeds of record at Philadelphia shows that on 24
Feb., 1708, Rowland Ellis, of the township of Merion, in the County of Philadel-
phia, granted and conveyed unto Rees Thomas, of Merion, and William Lewis,
of Newtown, Chester, for the consideration of ;£l8o, all that messuage and plan-
tation— " wherein the said Rowland now dwells with the tract of land thereunto
belonging." The description of this tract, 300 acres, does not seem to include
the site of the present mansion.

390 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

In 1719 the said Rees Thomas and William Lewis granted and conveyed
unto Richard Harrison the said 300 acres, and Rowland Ellis, by a subsequent
conveyance (lease and release, 22-23 October, 1719) confirmed the whole tract of
718 acres, to the said Richard Harrison, for the consideration of ,£600. A lot of
ground of 20 acres was excepted. The plantation was at that time bounded by
lands of Henry Pugh, John Williams, Thomas Lloyd, Owen Roberts, Hugh
Evans, Thomas Nicholas, Philip Price, Peter Jones, Philip (Luceds ?) These
conveyances recite the original deed, 30-31 July, 1681, Richard Davies to Row-
land Ellis, of Brin Mawr, in the County of Merioneth, gentleman, for 1 100
acres, a part of which was surveyed to him in Merion and part in Goshen.

ROBERTS, OF PENCOYD— PAUL BRANCH.
The following was received too late for insertion in the proper place :
John Roberts, m. Gainor Roberts, 1685, and had Robert Roberts, who mar-
ried Sydney Rees, 1709, and had, Sydney Roberts, who m. John Paul, 5, 13,
1754, and had, Susanna Paul, who m. Bevan Rakestraw, 1776, and had Martha
Bevan Rakestraw, who married Rqbert Embey Foreman, and had : Mortimer
Paul Foreman, who m. Sarah S. Gardner and had Olivia Gardner, who m. John
Moses, and has : Howard B., Arthur Gardner, F. J., Walter, Helen Graham,
Annie Foster.

HUGH ROBERTS.

Col. William Brooke Rawle has called my attention to an old silver cup or
small tankard, in possession of the Vaux family. This ancient piece of plate is
said to have been the property of Hugh Roberts. According to Col. Rawle's de-
scription there are two coats. One of these he thinks similar, if not identical,
with the arms of Lloyd of Dolobran, the other, having a scaling ladder in the
first and fourth quarters, and a goat passant in the second and third quarters. The
crests are described as first, two scaling ladders, second, a goat's head.

LEWIS DAVID'S COMPANY.
It was intended to give a detailed account of the settlers under Lewis
David's Patent, and in the opening chapters of this work such a proposed sketch
is referred to. As, however, the information upon the subject was incomplete and
the material gathered unsatisfactory, the suggested chapter was omitted. The fol-
lowing, however, is a list of grantees under that Patent. The dates of conveyance
were : 1682, I, 9 and 10 May, William Howell, of Castlebigch, Pembrokeshire,
Yeoman, 500 acres. Henry Lewis, 'Parish of Narbarth, Pembrokeshire, 1000 acres.

•Henry Lewis, who settled in Haverford, was ancestor to Edmund Lewis,
now of Haverford.

His will was as follows : Henry Lewis, " of Maencoch* in the township of
Haverford on the west side of Schookill " ; dated 14th 6-mo. 1688. Proved 8th
8-mo. 1705.

250 acres which he " purchased from Lewis David of Landeur, late of the
Pembroke in S. Wales, being situate in said township of Haverford."

Sons, Samuel and Henry Lewis.

lProbably a corruption of Maenclochog, a pariib in Pembrokeshire, 9 milei
from Narbertb.

Appendix. 391

Rees Rothers, Paiish of Lanwenog, Cardiganshire, Yeoman, 500 acres. Evan
Thomas, Parish of Lanykeaven, Pembrokeshire, 250 acres. Lewis David, of Llan-
dewy Velfrey, gentleman, retained balance.

GARRIGUES.
Haydock Garrigues descended from the ancient French family of that name,
a pedigree of whom, procured in France, is in the possession of the family, was
bom in Philadelphia, 1805 ; died in Haverford township 1877. He was the son
of Samuel Garrigues, of Haverford, who was interested both in that township and
in Merion. The family are descended from the Sharpless family and derive a
strain of Cymric blood from Isaac Thomas, of Chester county.

Daughter, Elizabeth.
Wife Margaret, executor.

Overseers: " My friends," Ellis Ellis, Humphrey Ellis, Samuel Rees, John
Bevan, John Lewis.

Witnesses : Lewis David, Griffith Owen, Thomas Ellis.

INDEX.

[This is not intended as a complete index, but is merely a reference to con-
siderable or important mention of families and persons.]

PAGE. PAGE.

Aiken 304 Ashbridge 82, 83

Allen 141, 233 Aubrey 176

Andreas 103 Awbrey 305 et seq.

Andrews 256

Bacon 153 Blackford 148

Benade 184 Blair 146

Berg 184 Brooke 355 et seq.

Bell 161 Browning IIO

Bevan 34. 35. XSS et seq. Burr 138

Biddle 134, 136, 145 et seq.

Cadwalader . 130, 131, 138, 144, 147, Comfort 153

252 et seq. Conarroe 145

Carpenter 345, 346, 347, 348 Conner 235, 240

Chambers 183 Corson 151, 152, 153

Chapman 144, 147, 148, 150 Cowpland 83

Cheyney 81 Cresson 152

Clothier 35 Cully 108

Coates 83, 84 Cuthbert 109, 141

Dana 110 Denny 107

Darch 238 DeVinney 182

David 71, 81 Dixon 83

Davies 35 Drexel 84

Davis 82 Duer 141

Day 152 Dunlap 144

Edge 83 Eskens 1 10

Egbert 314, Appendix Evans . . .81, 82, 86, 121, 136, 220,

Ellet 349 230, et seq.

Ellis 205, et seq.

Fisher 265 Foulke . 82, 92 et seq., 151, 203, 221,

Fornance 283 231, 248.

Index.

393

PAGE. PAGE.

Garrett 81, 107 Glenn 141

Garrigues 39, Appendix Gordon 144

George 90, 91, 107 Govett 180, 181

Gibbons 181 Griscom 336 et seq.

Glen 239

Haines 153 Hibbard 137

Hale 240 Hoopes 82

Harmer 179 Horn 167, 168

Hayes 139 Hopper 283

Henszey 35 Howell 70, 82, 109

Henri 83 Hubbs 231

Henry 182, 183, 184 Hudson 137, 138, 140

Herbert 305 et seq. Humphrey . 125, 206, 207, 242 et seq.

James 82 Jones. .40,41,61,65,67,73,75,80,

John 72,73,122 81,82,83,88,111,139,151,181,

256, 294, 315.
Jordan 177, 182, 184

Keith 278 Knowles 181

Kite 84, 85, 86 Kuhn 233

Lawlor 178 Lloyd . . 70, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 92 et

Lea 83 seq., 167, 181, 321, 375 et seq.

Leacock 107 Logan 277

Levering 303 Loin 103

Lewis . . .35, 83, 171, 172, 231, 235 Lukens 152

Mahan 234 Miles 153

Malthen 184 Miller 149

Maris 137 Montgomery 97

Marshall 181 Morgan 87, 88, 355

Mather 83 Morris 136, 233, 260

Mattison 109 Musser 232

Maud 265

Nancarro 321 Niles I41

Newlin 236, 237 et seq. Noble 103, 107

Nicholas 77

Obom 181 Owen . . 64, 65, 70, 112 et seq., 158,

Ogden 140 131. 137. 249-

Osborne 8l, 83 et seq.

w. T. — 50.

394 Merion in the Welsh Tract.

PAGE. PAGE.

Palmer 108 Philler 148

Parry 291 et seq. Phillips 340, 148

Parke 83 Pignalelli 148

Paschall 81, 83 Potesdad 148, 150

Pearce 181 Pratt 82

Perm 313 Prees 77, 96

Pennypacker 179 Price 75.77. 97. 277

Perot 314, Appendix. Pryor 177

Randolph 240 Roberts . 46, 83, 98 et seq., 105, 130,

Rhoads 137 139.177.280,303,323.

Rees 77 et seq., 92 Robinson 147

Rettew 81 Rossell 278

Richardson 137,177,178 Ruschenberger 278

Ridgway 84 Rutter 147

Scarlet 251 Stacey 178

Sellers 181 Stadelman 107

Shriver 168 Stevenson 277

Tatham 146 Tilghman 277

Thayer 148 Toland 277

Thomas . 60, 70, 88, III, 305 et seq., Townsend 84

Appendix. Troth 83

Walker 278 et seq. Wiltbank 265

Walter 71 Winsor 148

Warner 81,108,153,381 Wistar 153

Webb 83 Wister 276 et seq.

West 137 Wood 182

Wharton 138, 140 Woole 184

Wheeler 103 Wright 85

Wilkins 85 Wynne 250, 261 et seq. j

Williams 65, 73, 90, 91 Appendix.

Y.
Yocum 152

Zachary 342

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